The Educational Prosperity Model in PISA for Development

• In Event: Designing and Implementing PISA for Development: Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to describe the technical issues to be addressed in enhancing the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) contextual questionnaires instruments for the PISA for Development study. The paper will discuss the conceptual framework for the contextual questionnaires to be used in PISA for Development. The paper will present the educational prosperity model and how it has been used in enhancing the PISA questionnaires to meet the needs of a diverse group of countries.

Based on the existing PISA analytical framework that provides guidance on how the priorities for the context questionnaires can be meaningfully and efficiently addressed by the project, PISA for Development will revisit seven key themes considered for the enhancement of context questionnaires The seven themes are: early learning opportunities, language at home and school, family and community support, quality of instruction, learning time, student socioeconomic status, and school resources. Perhaps the last two are the most relevant ones.

Author

• Jon Douglas Willms, University of New Brunswick