Shelley Gillis|John Polesel|Margaret Wu
PISA Data: Raising concerns with its use in policy settings
University of Melbourne|University of Melbourne|National Taiwan Normal University
article considers role played policy makers government organisations research institutes sometimes labelled think tanks analysis use reporting pisa data purposes policy advice advocacy draws ideas rizvi lingard globalizing education policy 2010 bogdandy goldmann governance indicators global power quantification rankings 2012 others explore ways agents change interpret manipulate disseminate results data arising large scale assessment survey programs pisa influence determine political andor educational research agendas article illustrates issue highlighting uncertainty surrounding pisa data used number prominent high profile agents change defend policy directions advice final section paper highlights need policy makers advisors become better informed technical limitations using international achievement data data used inform policy development educational reforms