Radhika Görur
Seeing like PISA: A cautionary tale about the performativity of international assessments
Deakin University
pisa extremely influential largescale assessment policy lessons incorporated range nations world paper argue pisa influencing policies practices also seeing like pisa becoming widespread phenomenon globally education administration characterized intense focus output measurement highly competitive environment heightened national international rankings economic instrumentalist approach education education reform using james scotts account 18th century german forestry practices parable paper suggests seeing like pisa could far reaching damaging effects paper proposes following first understanding pisa project legibility enhances appreciation purposes possibilities second pisa much representation existing conditions creating new conditions words descriptive performative finally seeing like pisa bringing deeprooted changes likely effects longterm effects may manifest next fifteen twenty years possibilities redressing ill effects may limited