- Introduction
- Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL)
- Academic Libraries Survey (ALS)
- Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) Longitudinal Study
- Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS) Longitudinal Study
- Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study(BTLS)
- Common Core of Data (CCD)
- Current Population Survey (CPS)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998‑99 (ECLS‑K)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010–11 (ECLS‑K:2011)
- Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS 2002)
- Quick Response Information System (FRSS/PEQIS)
- High School and Beyond (HS&B) Longitudinal Study
- High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)
- High School Transcript Studies (HSTS)
- International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
- Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017– 18 (MGLS:2017)
- National Assessment of Adulty Literacy (NAAL)
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
- National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS)
- National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS 88)
- National Household Education Survey Program (NHES)
- National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1982 (NLS 72)
- National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS)
- National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF)
- National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS)
- Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
- Progress In International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
- Program For International Student Assessment (PISA)
- Overview
- Uses of Data
- Key Concepts
- Survey Design
- Data Quality and Comparability
- Contact Information
- Methodology and Evaluation Reports
- PISA Website
- Download PDF
- Private School Universe Survey (PSS)
- School and Staffing Survey (SASS)
- SASS Principal Follow-Up Survey (PFS)
- SASS School Library Media Center Survey (SLS)
- SASS Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS)
- Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
- Crime and Safety Surveys (SCS & SSOCS)
- Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)
- Trends In International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
7. Methodology and evaluation Reports
Most of the technical documentation for PISA is published by the OECD. The U.S. Department of Education, NCES, is the source of several additional references listed below.
General
Baldi, S., Jin, Y., Skemer, M., Green, P., Herget, D., and Xie, H. (2007). Highlights From PISA 2006: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Olds in Science and Mathematics Literacy in an International Context (NCES 2008-016). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008016.pdf.
Fleischman, H.L., Hopstock, P.J., Pelczar, M.P., and Shelley, B.E. (2010). Highlights From PISA 2009: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy in an International Context (NCES 2011-004). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2011/2011004.pdf.
Kastberg, D., Perkins, R., Cummings, L., Ferraro, D., and Goodnow, M. (Forthcoming). Technical Report and User Guide for the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). (Forthcoming). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics.
Kastberg, D., Chan, J.Y., and Murray, G. (2016). Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Science, Reading, and Mathematics Literacy in an International Context: First Look at PISA 2015 (NCES 2017-048). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2017/2017048.pdf.
Kastberg D., Roey S., Lemanski N. Chan J. Y., and Murray G. (2014). Technical Report and User Guide for the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): 2012 Data Files and Database with U.S.-Specific Variables (NCES 2014-025). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014025.pdf.
Hopstock, P. and Pelczar, M. (2011). Technical Report and User's Guide for the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): 2009 Data Files and Database with U.S. Specific Variables (NCES 2011-025). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/pdf/2011025.pdf.
Kelly, D., Xie, H., Nord, C.W., Jenkins, F., Chan, J.Y., and Kastberg, D. (2013). Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Mathematics, Science, and Reading Literacy in an International Context: First Look at PISA 2012 (NCES 2014-024). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014024rev.pdf.
Lemke, M., Sen, A., Pahlke, E., Partelow, L., Miller, D., Williams, T., Kastberg, D., and Jocelyn, L. (2004). International Outcomes of Learning in Mathematics Literacy and Problem Solving: PISA 2003 Results From the U.S. Perspective (NCES 2005-003). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005003.pdf.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2005). PISA 2003 Data Analysis Manual. Paris: Author.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2007). PISA 2006: Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World. Volume 1: Analysis. Paris: Author.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2009). PISA 2009 Assessment Framework - Key Competencies in Reading, Mathematics and Science. Paris: Author.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2010). PISA 2009 Results: What Students Know and Can Do - Performance in Reading, Mathematics and Science (Volume I). Paris: Author.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2012). PISA 2009 Technical Report. Paris: Author.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2017). PISA 2015 Technical Report. Paris: Author.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2020). PISA 2018 Technical Report. Paris: Author.
Sen, A., Mai, T., Kastberg, D., Cummings, L., and Perkins, R. (2019). Highlights of U.S. PISA 2018 Results Web Report (NCES 2020-166 and 2020-072). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/pisa2018/index.asp#/.
Survey Design
Green, P., Herget, D., and Rosen, J. (2009). User's Guide for the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): 2006 Data Files and Database With United States Specific Variables (NCES 2009-055). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/pdf/2009055.pdf.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2009). PISA 2006 Technical Report. Paris: Author.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2010). PISA 2009 Results: What Students Know and Can Do—Student Performance in Reading, Mathematics and Science (Volume I). Paris: Author.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2013). PISA 2012 Assessment Framework—Key Competencies in Reading, Mathematics and Science. Paris: Author.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2013), PISA 2012 Assessment and Analytical Framework: Mathematics, Reading, Science, Problem Solving and Financial Literacy, OECD Publishing.
https://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/PISA%202012%20framework%20e-book_final.pdf.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2014), PISA 2012 Technical Report.
http://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/pisa2012technicalreport.htm.
PISA Project Consortium. (2005b). School Sampling Preparation Manual: PISA 2006 Main Study. Originally retrieved on (November 14, 2008) from a link that is currently inactive. Retrieved on (October 23, 2020) from
http://www.oecd.org/education/school/programmeforinternationalstudentassessmentpisa/39829698.pdf.
PISA Project Consortium. (2005c). PISA 2006 Main Study Test Administrator's Manual. Originally retrieved on (November 14, 2008) from a link that is currently inactive. Retrieved on (October 23, 2020) from
https://www.acer.org/files/pisa2006_test_administrator_manual.pdf.
PISA Project Consortium. (2005d). PISA 2006 Main Study School Coordinator's Manual. Originally retrieved on (November 14, 2008) from a link that is currently inactive. Retrieved on (October 23, 2020) from
https://www.acer.org/files/pisa2006_school_coordinators_manual.pdf.
Data Quality and Comparability
Dossey, J.A., McCrone, S.S., and O'Sullivan, C. (2006). Problem Solving in the PISA and TIMSS 2003 Assessments (NCES 2007-049). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007049.pdf.
Neidorf, T.S., Binkley, M., Gattis, K., and Nohara, D. (2006). Comparing Mathematics Content in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 Assessments (NCES 2006-029). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006029.
Nohara, D. (2001). A Comparison of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the Third International Mathematics and Science Study Repeat (TIMSS-R), and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) (NCES 2001-07). National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/200107.pdf.
Stephens, M., and Coleman, M. (2007). Comparing PIRLS and PISA With NAEP in Reading, Mathematics, and Science. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC. Originally retrieved on (November 14, 2008) from a link that is currently inactive. Retrieved on (October 23, 2020) from
https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/pdf/comppaper12082004.pdf.
