Locating Info about PISA

L OCATING INFORMATION ABOUT PISA

Information about PISA is located on the study website at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) web site.

PISA on the web at NCES is located at: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa

The NCES website provides a variety of information about PISA.

To view sample items from PISA:

The item will load in the lower portion of the window.

A new window will appear containing the question text, the scoring guide, and the percentage of U.S. students who received full credit along with the OECD average.

How to access interactive PISA items from the international website

The PISA site at NCES links with the international site at OECD. The OECD site provides the international reports and interactive items and data.

You will be directed to the link for the PISA site at OECD. Click this link.

Select the PISA year for which you want to view items, and then select Test questions.

All years have released items available to view in PDF form. Only 2000 and 2003 have interactive items available.

A new window will open containing the interactive PISA questions.

Take some PISA items and see how you do!

How to access PISA reports from the international website

Each publication has a page with a brief summary of the report content, table of contents, and ordering information.

Scroll the page to find out how to obtain the publication and other information.

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