PISA is the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment. PISA measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges.
Created by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), PISA tests the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in mathematics, reading and science. Eighty-one countries and economies took part in the 2022 assessment, which focused on mathematics, and the data were released by the OECD on 5 December 2023.
Additional results on students’ financial literacy, creative thinking and readiness for life-long learning will be released in 2024.
Download the PISA databases, codebooks, background questionnaires and all materials needed to undertake your own analysis of the PISA data.
The Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) programme established by the PISA Governing Board in 2018 explores how different areas of the assessment programme including test design and scoring methodologies can be improved.
OECD member countries and Associates decided to postpone the PISA 2021 assessment to 2022 and the PISA 2024 assessment to 2025 to reflect the disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PISA 2022 focused on mathematics, with an additional test of creative thinking.
Initial results of PISA 2022 were released on 5 December 2023. 81 countries and economies took part in PISA 2022.
PISA 2025 will focus on science and include a new assessment of foreign languages. It will also include the innovative domain of Learning in the Digital World which aims to measure students’ ability to engage in self-regulated learning while using digital tools.
Four groups are involved in the day-to-day running of PISA:
