ABSTRACT

This article examines French and English average performances and educational inequality in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) between 2000 and 2018. It asks why English average scores in 2018 are much higher than those of France when they were fairly similar in previous PISA assessments. It questions why the impact of socio-economic background on educational performance in England decreased while the reverse has been the case for France. This is all the more damning given the French republican espousal of égalité. It examines policies in both countries and analyses to what extent PISA has impacted on these. It argues that in England, policies of autonomy, accountability and competition, in line with the OECD and its own tradition of liberalism, have been implemented rigorously. In France, because of left-right oppositional dynamics and the role of embedded republican principles, the status quo has been maintained.

摘要

本文考察了 2000 年至 2018 年间法语和英语在国际学生评估项目 (PISA) 中的平均成绩和教育不平等。它询问为什么英语在 2018 年的平均分数远高于法国，而法国在之前的 PISA 评估中非常相似. 它质疑为什么社会经济背景对英国教育绩效的影响下降，而法国却相反。考虑到法国共和党人对平等的拥护，这就更加可恶了. 它检查了两国的政策并分析了 PISA 对这些政策的影响程度。它认为，在英国，自治、问责制和竞争政策已得到严格执行，符合经合组织及其自身的自由主义传统。在法国，由于左右对立的动态和内在的共和原则的作用，现状得以维持。