Summary
Pisa. Does it mean anything to you other than a rather charming Italian city which boasts a quirky, tourist-drawing tower? Probably not. But for those whose troubled lives revolve around a search for the one educational truth that can only be pursued by the analysis of figures and tables, Pisa does not conjure up romantic images of one of Europe's oldest university cities but rather a three-year test for 15-year-olds round the world which should inform global educational policy.
Pisa stands for Programme for International Student Assessment and is in some slightly obscure way linked to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the parent body that is keen on measurements.See the full content of this document
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This Tower Must Topple
This year's Pisa results show that the UK has slightly declined in the tests. Micha...
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