PISA in Finland: An Education Miracle or an Obstacle to Change?

dc.creator	Pasi Sahlberg
dc.date	2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:09:05Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:09:05Z
dc.identifier	1855-9719
dc.identifier	2232-2647
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ec67f2da9a3c4f78abd4077a3dd8de13
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/12498
dc.description	The present article discusses the role and impact of the Programme forInternational Student Assessment (PISA) in Finland. PISA has createda new geography of education policies and reforms by shifting globalinterest away from Anglo-Saxon education systems to Asian countries,as well as to Finland and Canada in the West. The article describes how PISA has become evidence of the successful education reforms in Finland carried out since the 1970s, but at the same time has created a situation where the continuous renewal of the Finnish education system has become more difficult than before. The conclusion is that PISA is an important global benchmarking instrument, but that policy makers and the media need to make better use of the rich data that have been collected together with information about students’ academic performance.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Slovene
dc.publisher	University of Ljubljana
dc.relation	http://www.cepsj.si/pdfs/cepsj_1_3/cepsj_1_3_pp119_sahlberg.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1855-9719
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2232-2647
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	CEPS Journal : Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, Vol 1, Iss 3, Pp 119-140 (2011)
dc.subject	Education policy
dc.subject	Education reform
dc.subject	International student assessment
dc.subject	PISA
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	PISA in Finland: An Education Miracle or an Obstacle to Change?
dc.type	article