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PISA 2006

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of State
Sub-Agency/Organization	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Category	Education
Date Released	12/04/2007
Date Updated	12/04/2007
Time Period	2006 school year
Frequency	Every three years
Description	The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) was created by the OECD member countries in 1997 to produce direct assessments of student performance, on a regular basis in an efficient, timely and cost-effective manner; and to provide more relevant and powerful indicators of human capital. PISA produces assessments of reading literacy, mathematical literacy, scientific literacy and a growing range of cross-curricular competencies among 15-year-olds in school. The dataset contains the anonymised records from the nearly 400,000 students in 57 countries who were sampled and took the PISA assessments. The records include background information about the students as well as their motivations and learning styles. Background information on the schools attended by the students including school level policies and practices is included in the dataset.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	Student assessment, student performance, education performance, international education comparisons
Unique ID	4130

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	PISA 2006 database
Agency Program Page	http://www.pisa.oecd.org
Agency Data Series Page	http://pisa2006.acer.edu.au/downloads.php

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	15-year-old students
Granularity
Geographic Coverage	The 30 OECD member countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States. And 27 partner countries: Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Estonia, Hong Kong-China, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macao-China, Montenegro, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay.

Data Description

Collection Mode	paper
Data Collection Instrument	http://www.pisa.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/47/42025182.pdf
Data Dictionary/Variable List	See codebooks at: http://pisa2006.acer.edu.au/downloads.php

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.pisa.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/47/42025182.pdf
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Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology	http://www.pisa.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/47/42025182.pdf
Sampling	Chapter 4 of: http://www.pisa.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/47/42025182.pdf
Estimation	Chapters 8 and 9 of: http://www.pisa.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/47/42025182.pdf
Weighting	Chapters 8 and 9 of: http://www.pisa.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/47/42025182.pdf
Disclosure avoidance	PISA Technical Standards declare that all PISA materials designated as secure are kept confidential at all times. Secure materials include all test materials, data, and draft materials. Moreover, the schools and students sampled in PISA are anonymised. If there is a risk of indirect disclosure, countries can ask to suppress certain variables that might lead to such disclosure.
Questionnaire design	Chapters 2 and 3 of: http://www.pisa.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/47/42025182.pdf
Series breaks	PISA is conducted every three years and allows compariosns to be made between each cycle. The following link provides a note on this: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/34/39712449.pdf
Non-response adjustment	Chapter 8 of: http://www.pisa.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/47/42025182.pdf
Seasonal adjustment	Not applicable
Statistical Characteristics	Chapters 8, 9, 11,12 and 13 of: http://www.pisa.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/47/42025182.pdf

OMB Control No. 3090-0284