• PISA and Teachers’ Reflexivities. A Mixed Methods Case Study 

      Bringeland, Terje André; Skinningsrud, Tone (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2024-01-12)
      Neoliberal educational reforms include extensive use of standardized tests. We examine the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) initiated and developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Examining previous research on teachers’ reactions to neoliberal reforms altering their work context, we have identified three theoretical frameworks in use: labour ...
    • ‘PISA effects’ on Norwegian education. A critical realist perspective 

      Bringeland, Terje André (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2024-02-09)
      <p>The objective of the thesis is to examine, from a critical realist perspective and by using Margaret Archer’s conceptual framework, possible effects that the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test has on the Norwegian education system and on school personnel. The intention has been to reconceptualise the notion of ‘PISA effects’ both at the systemic (macro) and individual ...