PISA - The Finnish success story
- PISA 2015: Finnish youth still at the top despite the drop (Ministry of Education and Culture press release December 6th 2016)
- Young internet addicts are lonely and do not like school (August 18th 2015)
- A factor underlying the Finnish success in PISA: Teacher’s profession highly appealing (April 8th 2015)
- The Finnish PISA results reveal: Young people with an immigrant background clearly behind other students in mathematics (August 15th 2014)
- Finnish student performance in PISA 2012 problem-solving assessment one of the best (April 1st 2014)
- PISA 2012 leaflet
- PISA 2012 results published: Proficiency of Finnish youth declining (December 3rd 2013)
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an internationally standardised assessment which produces information within an international frame of reference about education, learning outcomes and informal learning. The most recent results of the assessment, the results attained, in 2015 released on 6 December 2016 (http://www.minedu.fi/pisa?lang=en).
PISA assesses the learning outcome of students aged 15 in mathematics, science and reading literacy. PISA assesses to what extent students have acquired knowledge and skills that are essential for full participation in society and the variation in these skills over time. The students participating in the assessment are chosen by random sampling.
PISA also gauges attitudes to learning and learning skills. Questionnaires to students and schools gauge learning environments at home and at school, the students' social background and the support they receive in learning, and students' attitudes to school and learning.
The subjects in the assessment vary. The earlier assessments focused on the following subjects:
- PISA 2015: science
- PISA 2012: mathematics
- PISA 2009: reading
- PISA 2006: science
- PISA 2003: mathematics
- PISA 2000: reading
In 2015, 73 countries/economies participated in the PISA assessment, 34 of which were OECD members. Finland's participation is financed by the Ministry of Education and Culture, which also nominates Finland's representative on the PISA Governing Board.
(Ministry of Education and Culture)
