PISA Effect on Global Educational Governance

Louis Volante is Professor of Education at Brock University, Canada.

• Part I: IntroductionChapter 1: PISA, Policy, and Global Educational Governance (Louis Volante and Xavier Fazio)Part II: Conceptual and Methodological IssuesChapter 2: Problematizing the Expansion of PISA’s Explanatory Power (Clara Morgan) Chapter 3: The Dialectical Impact of PISA on International Educational Discourse and National Education Reform (Alexander W. Wiseman and Budi Waluyo)Chapter 4: Measurement and Evaluation Issues with PISA (Harvey Goldstein)Part III: Topical Issues within National and Transnational ContextsChapter 5: Shanghai-China and the Emergence of a Global Reference Society(Charlene Tan and Vicente Chua Reyes, Jr.)Chapter 6: Regional Ethnic Diversity, School Ethnic Diversity, and PISA Performance across Europe (Sjaak Braster and Jaap Dronkers) Chapter 7: Socioeconomic Segregation in Secondary Schools: Evidence from Across the UK (John Jerrim, Nikki Shure, Rodrigo Torres, & Gabriel Gutiérrez) Chapter 8: Policy Implications of PISA in Germany: The Case of Teacher Education(Christine Sälzer and Manfred Prenzel)Chapter 9: The Role of PISA in Regional and Private/Public Debates in Italy (Daniele Checchi and Stefano Verzillo)Chapter 10: PISA, Policy, and Strategic Planning in Federal Switzerland (Jeanine Füeg, Vera Husfeldt, and Claudia Zahner Rossier)Chapter 11: The Use and Misuse of PISA Results in Poland (Maciej Jakubowski)Chapter 12: Using PISA to Monitor Trends and Evaluate Reforms in Australia (Geoff N. Masters)Chapter 13: A Vernacular Response: The Impact of PISA and the OECD on New Zealand Education (Martin Thrupp)Chapter 14: Disconnected Expectations?