Global evidence in local debates
The Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) in Swiss direct-democratic debates on school policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6326731 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Schlaufer (0000-0002-2379-4849, University of Bern, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 547-561 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557315x14464923526339 |
| OpenAlex | W2460184765 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article analyses the use of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and other evidence in educational policy discourse in the context of direct-democratic votes in Switzerland. The results of a quantitative content analysis show that PISA is used by all actors to support a wide range of policy measures and ideological positions. Other evidence, however, is only used to support single specific policy positions. These findings demonstrate the ubiquity of PISA. The article discusses these results in view of the question of whether the incorporation of evidence into policy debates contributes to informed discourse
Academic achievement · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Geography · Ideology · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Student achievement · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Public Administration · Religious Education and Schools
Evidence, argument, and persuasion in the policy process
The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis and Planning
The Uses of Evidence for Educational Policymaking
Reframing Public Policy
The Political Uses of Expert Knowledge
Why “What Works” Won’t Work
OECD as a site of coproduction
The Fairness of Media Coverage in Question
Evaluation Utilization as Argumentation
The paradox of policy analysis
Governing by numbers
Expert moves
The OECD and the expansion of Pisa
Why ‘What Works’ Still Won’t Work
Evidence and policy
Evidence-Based Education Policies
What is Evidence-based Education
Does Europeanisation weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes
Rethinking the travel of ideas
Policy learning? Crisis, evidence and reinvention in the making of public policy
Policy learning from abroad
Introduction
Evaluation, Policy Learning and Evidence-Based Policy Making
Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |