Sotiria Grek
Governing by numbers: the PISA ‘effect’ in Europe
paper examines programme international student assessment pisa become major influential component organisation economic cooperation developments oecd educational work measure comparative performance educational systems member nations based tests commissioned oecd paper discusses role oecd establishing comparative turn also describes pisa management effects provides three examples impact pisa finland germany uk moving focus impacts transnational level examination key european policy actors see pisa effects paper concludes pisa direct impact national education systems europe beyond become indirect nonetheless influential tool new political technology governing european education space numbers