What Information does PISA collect?
Overview PISA Welcome What is Pisa? Which Countries Take Part in PISA? What Information does PISA collect? What does PISA tell us? PISA 2006 PISA 2009 Publications Useful Links National Advisory Committee Contact Information for Students ICCS TALIS	The focus of PISA is on preparedness for life, and on the extent to which students are able to demonstrate skills in real-life, novel contexts. Therefore, the approach taken is somewhat different to more traditional, curriculum-based methods of assessment. If you would like information about the types of test items that were used to assess scientific literacy in PISA 2006 click here, or you can click here for a variety of items from previous PISA cycles. As well as information on student reading, mathematics, and science literacy, PISA gathers contextual background information.  This helps researchers to interpret and explain student achievement.  For example, previous cycles of PISA have found that student performance tends to be better in schools with a positive disciplinary climate. In all participating countries, two types of questionnaires are administered: a Student questionnaire and a School questionnaire. In Ireland, we normally administer an additional teacher questionnaire, for subject teachers of the main assessment domain. Thus, in PISA 2009, teachers of third year English students will be asked to complete a teacher questionnaire. In PISA 2006, a questionnaire was administered to those teaching Junior Certificate science classes, and the resulting report can be downloaded by clicking here. You can also click here if you would like to see a sample questionnaire.

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What Information does PISA collect?

The focus of PISA is on preparedness for life, and on the extent to which students are able to demonstrate skills in real-life, novel contexts. Therefore, the approach taken is somewhat different to more traditional, curriculum-based methods of assessment. If you would like information about the types of test items that were used to assess scientific literacy in PISA 2006 click here, or you can click here for a variety of items from previous PISA cycles.

As well as information on student reading, mathematics, and science literacy, PISA gathers contextual background information.  This helps researchers to interpret and explain student achievement.  For example, previous cycles of PISA have found that student performance tends to be better in schools with a positive disciplinary climate.

In all participating countries, two types of questionnaires are administered: a Student questionnaire and a School questionnaire. In Ireland, we normally administer an additional teacher questionnaire, for subject teachers of the main assessment domain. Thus, in PISA 2009, teachers of third year English students will be asked to complete a teacher questionnaire. In PISA 2006, a questionnaire was administered to those teaching Junior Certificate science classes, and the resulting report can be downloaded by clicking here. You can also click here if you would like to see a sample questionnaire.