A synthesis of studies using PISA data – Implications for research, policy and practice

Professor Leonidas Kyriakides (University of Cyprus) gives a talk for the Department of Education Research Seminar Series. Professor Kyriakides presents the results of a systematic literature review that aimed to identify the impact of PISA on educational research and the draw implications from the literature for the design of PISA in order to maximise its contribution to educational research. He discusses the frequency of PISA related publication over time; the themes and variables examined; the geographic and linguistic distribution of publications; and the way in which PISA data was used for secondary data analysis.