1. OECD EMPLOYER BRAND Playbook 1 What makes schools and school systems successful? Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) WASHINGTON D.C. SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

2. What do 15-year-olds know… …and what can they do with what they know? Mathematics (2012) 2 Each year OECD countries spend 200bn$ on math education in school

3. 3 PISA in brief Over half a million students… – representing 28 million 15-year-olds in 65 countries/economies … took an internationally agreed 2-hour test… – Goes beyond testing whether students can reproduce what they were taught… …to assess students’ capacity to extrapolate from what they know and creatively apply their knowledge in novel situations – Mathematics, reading, science, problem-solving, financial literacy – Total of 390 minutes of assessment material …and responded to questions on… – their personal background, their schools and their engagement with learning and school Parents, principals and system leaders provided data on… – school policies, practices, resources and institutional factors that help explain performance differences.

4. OECD Test for Schools (based on PISA) 2013-2014 School Year Participation 285 schools participated 22 33 43 27 > 20 schools 10-19 schools 1-9 schools

5. High mathematics performance Low mathematics performance … Shanghai-China performs above this line (613) … 12 countries perform below this line Average performance of 15-year-olds in Mathematics Fig I.2.13 US Massachusetts Connecticut Florida 26% of American 15-year-olds do not reach PISA Level 2 (OECD average 23%, Shanghai 4%, Japan 11%, Canada 14%, Some estimate long-term economic cost to be US$72 trillion )

6. OECD Test for Schools (based on PISA) Example item

7. Proficiency levels Additional information can be found in our report: Reading p. 27, Mathematics p. 42, and Science p. 45)

9. This school report presents summary results for Trigg County High School based on its participation in the OECD. The results for your school are based on a two-hour assessment administered to 73 students in March 2014. Students were also asked to fill out a questionnaire that was used to obtain information on their socioeconomic backgrounds and on their engagement with and attitudes toward learning and the school learning environment. These results are also presented in this report. The following is a summary of your school’s results on the PISA 2009 scales of reading, mathematics and science: Your school’s mean performance in reading, mathematics and science Mean Performance Standard ErrorShanghai-China Reading47110.1556 MATHEMATICS46610.8600 SCIENCE4979.5575

10. Students’ knowledge and skills are summarized in proficiency levels for each subject. Students who are able to perform at the intermediate levels (baseline Levels 2 and 3) are able to demonstrate the skills and competencies that will allow them to participate productively in life as they continue their studies, as they enter the labor force and as citizens. Students who perform below the baseline levels, in contrast, are at risk of poor educational and labor-market outcomes, according to longitudinal research based on student performance in reading. Levels of proficiency of students at your school READING MATHEMATICS SCIENCE Top levels (Levels 5 and 6) 3% 1.9 5% 2.7 0% 0 Intermediate levels 78% 3.5 60% 5.1 93% 3.4 (Levels 2, 3 and 4) Below baseline level 19% 3.5 34% 4.3 7% 3.4 (Level 1 and below)