Education services provider Pearson, US, has announced that it has been chosen by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to develop the frameworks for the latter's landmark PISA educational assessment in 2015.
The PISA assessment is widely recognised as the benchmark for measuring the improvement of education systems worldwide. Seventy four countries/economies participated in the 2009 test. In 2015, PISA's main focus will be testing the scientific literacy of students worldwide.
The test will feature significant new elements. A new Collaborative Problem Solving assessment will be added, in recognition of the ways young people will have to learn and work throughout their lives. Pearson will develop this new domain for PISA. Pearson will also provide advice to the PISA study on the benefits, opportunities and implications of implementing computer adaptive testing for PISA in future.
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