Aspa Baroutsis|Bob Lingard
Counting and comparing school performance: an analysis of media coverage of PISA in Australia, 2000–2014
Queensland University of Technology|University of Queensland
paper empirically documents media portrayals australias performance program international student assessment pisa 20002014 analyse newspaper articles two national eight metropolitan newspapers analysis demonstrates increased media coverage pisa period question research data analysed using framing theory documenting media frames stories australias performance pisa three frames identified counts comparisons criticisms contexts media coverage 41 concerned first frame counts comparisons analysed pisa data provide evidence used comparatively position australia countries reference societies better particular emphasis finland also shanghai 2009 pisa two frames dealt criticisms contextual issues paper focuses first frame analysis demonstrates ways media coverage australias pisa performance policy impact