1. OECD Test for Schools
Pilot*
*Based on the PISA
FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS April 2013
2. OECD Test for Schools Pilot
• 125 Schools in Canada, UK and US
including 10 schools from FCPS
• 48 School Districts
• 6 magnets, 6 charters and 1 private
school included
• 7,400 students tested during May and
June 2012
• 75 students per school targeted
• Reading, Math, and Science are
assessed
• Students also completed a
questionnaire about classroom
management and relationships
with teachers
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3. The ~ Percentage of Persons with High
School or Equivalent Qualfications
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
UnitedStates
CzechRepublic
Estonia
Germany
Switzerland
Denmark
Canada
Norway
Sweden
RussianFederation4
Austria3
Slovenia
Israel
SlovakRepublic
NewZealand
Hungary
Finland
UnitedKingdom3
Netherlands
Luxembourg
EU19average
OECDaverage
France
Australia
Iceland
Belgium
Poland
Ireland
Korea
Chile2
Greece
Italy
Spain
Turkey
Portugal
Mexico
Brazil2
1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s
1. Excluding ISCED 3C short programmes 2. Year of reference 2004
3. Including some ISCED 3C short programmes 3. Year of reference 2003.
13
1
1
27
3
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Percent
5. LangleyHighSchool
FCPS Schools Compared with
Schools in 2009 PISA
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500 is the US Mean
566 is the Shanghai Mean
Socio-economic advantage of students
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6. Reading
Levels Examples of 4C’s in each level
6
• Students can assimilate information from unfamiliar content area presented in
atypical formats
5
• Students can find information in unfamiliar texts and infer which information is
relevant
4
• Students can locate embedded information and construct meaning from
linguistic nuances
3
• Students can integrate several parts of the text to identify a main idea
2
• Students can compare and contrast between texts and outside knowledge
1
• Student can locate pieces of information that is explicitly stated
Students Below Level 1 Students Above Level 1
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7. LangleyHighSchool
Reading by Proficiency Level
7
-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100
US--2009
FCPS--Pilot Average
Woodson HS
Thomas Jefferson HSST
Oakton HS
Mount Vernon HS
Lee HS
Langley HS
Herndon HS
Hayfield SS
Falls Church HS
Chantilly HS
Level1 Below Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
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8. LangleyHighSchool
8
-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100
Oakton HS
Langley HS
Level1 Below Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
What Does the Same Mean
Actually Mean?
Langley High School and Oakton High School
Both Have a Mean Score of 543
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9. • Self-efficacy in mathematics:
Students’ belief in their ability to
overcome difficulties or obstacles
to solving math problems
• Confidence that one will be able to
solve a problem is a precursor to
investing the time and effort
needed to tackle it
Students’ Self-efficacy in
Mathematics
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12. Other Data Available
• International and national
comparisons
• Learning Environment and
Teacher-Student Relationship
• Students’ reading habits
• Students’ attitudes about
reading, math and science
• Students’ self-belief and interest in
reading and science
• Public vs. private schools
• Boys and girls comparison in
reading, math, and science
• Extensive policy research
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13. High performing systems often prioritize the
quality of teachers over the size of classes
Contribution of various factors to upper secondary teacher compensation costs
per student as a percentage of GDP per capita (2004)
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Belgium
Korea
Luxembourg
Germany
Greece
Japan
Australia
UnitedKingdom
NewZealand
France
Netherlands
Denmark
Italy
Austria
CzechRepublic
Hungary
Norway
Iceland
Ireland
Mexico
Finland
Sweden
UnitedStates
Poland
SlovakRepublic
Salary as % of GDP/capita Instruction time 1/teaching time 1/class size
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Belgium
Korea
Luxembourg
Germany
Greece
Japan
Australia
UnitedKingdom
NewZealand
France
Netherlands
Denmark
Italy
Austria
CzechRepublic
Hungary
Norway
Iceland
Ireland
Mexico
Finland
Sweden
UnitedStates
Poland
SlovakRepublic
Difference with OECD average
Percentage points
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14. Next Steps for FCPS
• Network with other schools in the US that
participated in the PISA pilot
– America Achieves Event
– EdLeader21
• Share the results with all FCPS schools
– Pyramid Planning
– Benchmarking against the best
– Leadership Conference- Pasi Sahlberg
– Division Strengths/Challenges
• Examine FCPS/VA/US policies to
ensure they are supportive of
the best conditions for learning
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Background on the Pilot
This really shows the type of research the OECD does and then digs deeper to look at the policies of the country. This is a good place to help people understand the work of the OECD
Might want to talk about how the tests are scored. What the assessment look like, etc. Share the rubric, etc. Smarter than a 15 year old
This slide shows how much information the school get beyond a score of 543. Same score----some levels are very different.
The red dot indicates classroom spending per student, relative to the spending capacity of countries, the higher the dot, the more of its GDP a country invests. High salaries are an obvious cost driver. You see Korea paying their teachers very well, the green bar goes up a lot. Korea also has long school days, another cost driver, marked here by the white bar going up. Last but not least, Korea provides their teachers with lots of time for other things than teaching such as teacher collaboration and professional development, which costs money as well. So how does Korea finances all of this? They do this with large classes, the blue bar pulls costs down. If you go to the next country on the list, Luxembourg, you see that the red dot is about where it is for Korea, so Luxembourg spends roughly the same per student as Korea. But parents and teachers in Luxembourg mainly care about small classes, so policy makers have invested mainly into reducing class size, you see the blue bar as the main cost driver. But even Luxembourg can only spend its money once, and the result is that school days are short, teacher salaries are average at best and teachers have little time for anything else than teaching. Finland and the US are a similar contrast.Countries make quite different spending choices. But when you look at this these data long enough, you see that many of the high performing education systems tend to prioritise the quality of teachers over the size of classes.