1. Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development Indicators on the Quality of Educational Performance
Quality of Education Teachers’ Professional Training and Development Athens, 2-3 June 2003
Andreas Schleicher
Head, Indicators and Analysis Division
Directorate for Education

2. PISA - The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment
An assessment of the yield of education
including and beyond the curriculum
Comparable skill measures
that can guide policy decisions
Insights into the mix of factors which contribute to the development of knowledge and skills
and how these factors operate similarly or differently across countries
A strong substantive and cross-cultural core for defining performance targets

3. Literacy in PISA To analyse, compare, contrast, and evaluate
To think imaginatively
Literacy in PISA
About the capacity of young adults to access, manage, integrate, evaluate and reflect on written information
To apply knowledge in real-life situations
To communicate thoughts and ideas effectively

4. Indicators on the Quality of Educational Performance
1. Where we are today
What PISA shows about student performance and attitudes
2. Where we can be
What the best performing countries show can be achieved
3. How we might get there

5.   UK Italy High Performance High performance Low social equity
High social equity  UK
Low Social equity
High Social equity 
Italy
Low performance
Low social equity
Low performance
High social equity
Low Performance

6. . High Performance High performance Low social equity High performance
High social equity
Low Social equity
High Social equity
Low performance
Low social equity
Low performance
High social equity
Low Performance .

7. . Highest engagement Lowest engagement High Performance
Student engagement in reading
Highest engagement
Lowest engagement
Low Social equity
High Social equity
Low Performance .

8. . High degree of autonomy Low degree of autonomy
High Performance
E.g. Learning environment and course offering
High degree of autonomy
Low degree of autonomy
% Variance between schools
11%
20% 9%
76% 7%
Low Social equity
High Social equity
75%
71%
r=.51
Low Performance .

9. . Low degree of stratification High degree of stratification
High Performance
Early selection and institutional stratification
Low degree of stratification
High degree of stratification
Low Social equity
High Social equity
Low Performance .

10. The learning environment Instructional climate
Percentage of 15-year-olds who report teacher:
shows interest in every student‘s learning: 56%
gives students an opportunity to express opinions: 66%
helps students with their work: 59%
continues teaching until the students understand: 60%
does a lot to help students: 60%
checks students‘ homework regularly: 54%
Significant relationship with performance

11. The learning environment Disciplinary climate
Percentage of 15-year-olds who report that:
students cannot work well: 19%
students don‘t listen to what the teacher says: 24%
there is noice and disorder: 30%
at the start of class, more than 5 minutes are spent doing nothing: 39%
Significant relationship with performance

12. Schools and other institutions Instructional settings
How we might get there
Outputs and Outcomes Impact of Learning
Policy Levers That shape Outcomes
Antecedents that contextualise or constrain policy
Country or system
Overall outcomes of education
System-wide structures, resources and policies
National educational, social and economic context 1 5 9
Schools and other institutions
Output of institutions and institutional performance
The learning environment at school
Community and school characteristics 2 6 10
Quality of instructional delivery
Teaching and learning practices and classroom climate
Student learning conditions and teacher working conditions
Instructional settings 3 7 11
Individual learner
Quality and distribution of knowledge and skills
Individual attitudes, engagement and behaviour
Background of the learners 4 8 12

13. Further information www.oecd.org www.pisa.oecd.org
… and remember:
Without data, you are just another person with an opinion

15. The expansion of upper secondary education Percentage of the population that has attained at least upper secondary education, by age group 12 8 1 5 22 15 18 15 21 4 13 24

16. Is it all innate ability? Variation in student performance
8 3-10
7 5-9
6 4-9
5 3-9 1

17. Is it all innate ability? Variation in student performance
8 3-10
7 5-9
6 4-9
5 3-9 1

18. Is it all innate ability? Variation in student performance
Variation of performance within schools
Variation of performance between schools
8 3-10
7 5-9
6 4-9
5 3-9 1