This book outlines the history, contexts, agendas, and initiatives associated with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmentâs educational impact around the world. It contains 10 essays by education researchers from North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan, who address Franceâs use of the OECDâs Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), national trends in student STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) career paths and the impact of PISA on occupational expectations, and the TALIS (Teaching and Learning International Survey) Initiative for teacher education; the impacts of the OECD on school leadership for equity, perceptions about PISA in the US and Israel, influences on teacher policy, and the PISA-based Test for Schools for the assessment of school performance; and impacts on national educational systems in Japan, Norway, and South Korea.
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