Jo?Anne Baird|Sandra Johnson|Therese N. Hopfenbeck|Talia Isaacs|Terra Sprague|Gordon Stobart|Guoxing Yu
On the supranational spell of PISA in policy
University of Oxford|University of Oxford|University of Bristol|University of Bristol|University of London|University College London|University of Bristol
background pisa results appear large impact upon government policy phenomenon growing countries taking part pisa testing politicians pointing pisa results reasons reformspurpose aims research depict policy reactions pisa across number jurisdictions see whether exhibited similar patterns whether reforms evidentsources evidence investigated policy media reactions 2009 2012 pisa results six cases canada china shanghai england france norway switzerland cases selected contrast highperforming jurisdictions canada china average performers england france norway switzerland countries already well reported literature excluded finland germany design methods policy documents media reports academic articles english french mandarin norwegian relating cases critically evaluatedresults policy reaction scandalisation evident four six cases technique used motivate change five six cases showed standardsbased reforms two reforms line idealgovernance model however categorisations actual reforms significant differences across countries chronological problems notion pisa results causal regard policy instances countries similar pisa results responded different policies reflecting differing cultural historical education system trajectoriesconclusions connection pisa results policy always obvious supranational spell pisa policy way pisa results used magic wand political rhetoric though conjure particular policy choices serves distraction ideological basis reforms pisa results could motivate range different policy solutions