What Do We Know About Latin America’s Lowest-Performing Education Systems? Ian Scholer, Maria Oviedo ˙ Apr 18, 2019 ˙ PREAL Blog Global Partnership for Education / Flickr / CC by NC-ND 2.0 Data from the recent PISA for Development (PISA-D) survey offer a new window into academic performance and learning environments in lower-income countries in Latin America.Read more +
Reactions to the PISA 2015 Results in LAC Annalisa Meier ˙ Mar 24, 2017 ˙ PREAL Blog Erik E. Castro / Flickr / CC by 2.0 How did Latin American media, civil society and government react to the results from the PISA 2015 examinations?Read more +
Clues for Improving Education in Argentina Ariel Fiszbein ˙ Jun 24, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog Evaluarán las distintas estrategias para enseñar a leer en los establecimientos subvencionados chilenos / Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile / (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) An Interview with Manuel A. Alvarez Trongé and Alejandro J. Ganimian on the quality of education in Argentina.Read more +
Responses to the 2012 PISA Results in Latin America Alexandra Solano, Scott Odell, T'Nia Crutchfield ˙ Apr 3, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog By Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile from Santiago, Chile [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons An analysis of the trends in content of coverage of the 2012 PISA results in Latin America. What does it tell us and why should we care?Read more +
Teacher Status Around the World ˙ Mar 27, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog “Teacher Checking up on Pupils’ Progress”/Christoph Derndorfer/flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 How are teachers perceived by the public? A look at what 21 countries think.Read more +
Even Your Children Go to a Bad School Alejandro Ganimian ˙ Feb 10, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog A private school courtyard in Brazil/Paulo Otávio /Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0 There are few students who excel in Latin America, even students from higher socio-economic backgrounds perform poorly.Read more +
PISA 2012: Some good news from Colombia Eduardo Vélez Bustillo ˙ Jan 28, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog “Alumnos rindiendo las pruebas correspondientes al Tercer Estudio Regional Comparativo y Explicativo (TERCE)” / Carolina Jerez / UNESCO / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Why did Manizales EAU (Escuela Activa Urbana) score significantly higher than other public schools in the 2012 PISA results?Read more +
PISA and the state of education in Latin America Ariel Fiszbein ˙ Jan 8, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog How can we interpret the 2012 PISA results and what do they tell us about the challenges of education policy in our countries?Read more +
PISA Results in Argentina ˙ Dec 20, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog Students in rural areas of Argentina/Nahuel Berger/World Bank/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Ten myths that try to explain Argentina’s low 2012 PISA scores.Read more +
2012 PISA Results: LAC continues to lag ˙ Dec 4, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog Pisa test document / Theo Müller / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.5 Key takeaways for the eight Latin American countries that participated in the 2012 PISA.Read more +
Study Compares Test Scores Internationally ˙ Nov 7, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog El Heraldo An analysis of student examinations worldwide shows some countries' efforts to improve quality go unnoticed due to low scores. Read more +
Andreas Schleicher on how PISA can improve schools ˙ Mar 29, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog Image is a screen shot of the Ted Talk Ted Talk on how PISA can provide governments and schools with feedback that will help improve learning.Read more +
PISA Scores for 10 new Education Systems Announced Katie Hufnagel, Scott Odell ˙ Dec 23, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog What is the real value from the PISA 2009 Plus results?Read more +
Measuring Up? ˙ Aug 4, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog PREAL publication analyzes how Latin American and Caribbean countries performed on PISA tests. Read more +
International coverage of PISA ˙ Dec 20, 2010 ˙ PREAL Blog International Press' comments on Chile, Brazil and Argentina's performance on the PISA test.Read more +