PISA Test Questions – What’s PISA?

PISA? What the heck is PISA? No…we don’t mean Pizza.

Before we go any further here’s a link to a series of test questions used in PISA. We’ll refer back to them so if you don’t open the link and check out some of the past test questions: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/pisa-test-questions.htm

A group who call themselves the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was created to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. [You can read more details at: http://www.oecd.org/about/]

So what is the OECD and why are they attempting to be involved in education on the global level?

Simply stated…the OECD is an attempt at creating a world government. Under that mantel they offer “guidance” and “advice” and “programs” to assist members to develop economic systems and in the case of education they want everyone to be assessed and tested to common standards. This way they can assure that there is a good workforce that is trained and taught to meet the needs to companies and governments.

So back to PISA. In order to determine where children are educationally around the world and how they are progressing to meet the OECD Standards you need to test them. Rather than every country having their own educational systems and testing enter the PISA. In the grand scheme OECD wants every country in the world to teach the same subjects, use the same educational materials and then use a standardized test to assess performance.

Notice any similarities to Common Core?

Take the time to check out the PISA tests so you can get a hint of what the future global society will look (and act) like if they are successful. Then decide whether you want to embrace their vision or not.