Laboratory of International Assessment Studies

There have been a lot of discussions on the policy impact of international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) on education systems. But do ILSAs ultimately influence students’ learning? In this blog post, Huiming Ding answers this question by drawing on findings from [...]

In this post, Maksud Ali, Obaidul Hamid & Ian Hardy from the University of Queensland, discuss their recent paper 'Ritualisation of testing: problematising high-stakes English-language testing in Bangladesh', published in COMPARE, 2020 (vol 50, Issue 4). High-stakes testing has become an [...]

By Roar Grøttvik, Political adviser, Union of Education Norway   The education systems in most OECD countries have now lived with the consequences of International Large-Scale Assessments (ILSAs) for more than a quarter of a century. Although these international assessments (TIMSS, PISA, [...]