ABSTRACT

PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) is one of two large scale international comparative projects of student assessment that now exert considerable influence upon school science education policy, the other being TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study). This paper focuses on PISA, now the most influential study. This article outlines the origins of PISA, identifies some of the challenges in its construction and the claims made for it. It argues that while the statistical and methodological aspects of PISA have received much research attention, other elements of PISA have been largely ignored. In particular, there are several outcomes of PISA testing that point towards a significant research agenda. In addition, the political, ideological and economic assumptions underpinning the PISA project have implications for school science curriculum policy that deserve closer scrutiny and debate.

摘要

PISA（国际学生评估计划）是目前对学校科学教育政策产生重大影响的两个大型国际学生评估比较项目之一，另一个是 TIMSS（国际数学和科学研究趋势）。本文重点关注 PISA，这是目前最有影响力的研究。本文概述了 PISA 的起源，确定了其构建中的一些挑战以及对其提出的要求。它认为，虽然 PISA 的统计和方法方面受到了很多研究关注，但 PISA 的其他要素在很大程度上被忽略了。特别是，PISA 测试的几个结果表明了一项重要的研究议程。此外，政治、