OECD Programme for International Student Assessment, OECD PISA

^{For details on all aspects of this database, see OECD PISA}
 

1. General description

^{OECD PISA is an internationally standardised student assessment administered to 15-year-olds in schools. In addition to these assessments, OECD PISA examines the attitudes and opinions of students regarding learning and the learning environment. Here we focus on the opinions and attitudes of the students.
For more information on the OECD PISA assessments and statistical data, see OECD PISA.}
 

2. Survey type

• Cross-national
• Longitudinal, cross-sectional design with waves conducted in 2000, 2003 and 2006
• Representative national samples, ≥ 15 years of age
• In each PISA wave, the topics discussed are quite similar, with a different focus for each wave:
  • PISA 2000: emphasis on reading literacy
  • PISA 2003: emphasis on mathematics
  • PISA 2006: emphasis on science subjects and environmental topics
• In all three waves questionnaires among students are carried out. In addition, PISA 2006 provides a parents questionnaire in which the opinion of the parents is asked with respect to the learning of the child as well as the learning environment of the child’s school. However, this questionnaire was optional and therefore not carried out in all the participating countries. The following countries have conducted the parents questionnaire: Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong-China, Iceland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Macao-China, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Qatar and Turkey

  

3. Participating countries

• 41 to 57 countries, depending on wave
• All OECD member states plus a list of other countries:
  • All OECD member states: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
  • Plus the following countries: Albania, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Estonia, Hong Kong-China, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macao-China, Macedonia, Peru, Qatar, Republic of Montenegro, Republic of Serbia, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay
• For information on countries by waves, see OECD PISA

  

4. Topics

a. Socio-demographics

• Respondent: age, sex, education
• Partner:
• Parents: education, work and employment
• Children:
• Household: composition, income

  

b. General

^{Student questionnaire PISA 2000:}

• Reading literacy: e.g. interest in reading literacy
• School experiences: e.g. statements about teachers, happiness at school, utility of going to school

Student questionnaire PISA 2003:

• School experiences: e.g. statements about teachers
• Mathematics: e.g. confidence in and enjoyment of mathematics, motivation to do mathematics

Student questionnaire PISA 2006:

• Mathematics: e.g. importance of subject
• Reading literacy: e.g. importance of subject
• School experiences: e.g. statements about teachers, satisfaction at school, homework completion
• Science: e.g. science activities, science-related career, content of science subjects, importance of subjects, interest in science in the media, interest in science topics
• Science and the environment: e.g. living conditions, use of science in everyday life, improvement of economy, concern with respect to environmental issues, use of science with respect to environmental issues

Parents questionnaire PISA 2006:

• Parents’ views on the child’s school: e.g. competence of teachers, standard achievement level, content of subject matter
• Science and the environment: e.g. influence of science on living conditions, use of science in everyday life, improvement of economy, concern with respect to environmental issues
• The child's career and the job market: e.g. job skills, scientific knowledge and skills, job market

  

c. Regarding work and welfare

^{Economy, job market, job skills, living conditions, work career}
 

5. Questionnaires available

• For the 2000 wave, codebooks and questionnaires are downloadable in Word- or pdf-format; from OECD PISA
• For the 2003 wave, codebooks and questionnaires are downloadable Word- or pdf-format; from OECD PISA
• For the 2006 wave, codebooks and questionnaires are downloadable Word- or pdf-format; from OECD PISA

  

6. Keyword search in questionnaires

^No
 

7. Data available

• PISA 2000 wave
  • Pooled dataset downloadable in spss- and sas-format; from OECD PISA
  • Free of charge, no registration required
  
   
• PISA 2003 wave
  • Pooled dataset downloadable in spss- and sas-format; from OECD PISA
  • Free of charge, no registration required
  
   
• PISA 2006 wave
  • Pooled datasets downloadable in spss- and sas-format; from OECD PISA
  • Free of charge, no registration required

  

8. Online data analysis

^No
 

9. Contact

^{edu.pisa@oecd.org}