Activities and Newsletter

For 2000-2015 cycles of PISA, please refer to the webpage hosted by Hong Kong Centre for International Student Assessment, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/~hkcisa/)

For 2018 cycle of PISA, newsletters will be produced soon. A “localized Hong Kong PISA” project extensively using PISA questionnaire items but with academic achievement tests developed in Hong Kong has been piloted twice in 2015 and 2016.  Please see relevant newsletters produced in the Newsletter Section of this centre.

For the 2018 PISA cycle, Field Trial will be conducted in March-May 2017, and the Main Study will be conducted in March-May 2018.

• #64 Are there differences in how advantaged and disadvantaged students use the Internet?

• #63 Are disadvantaged students given equal opportunities to learn mathematics?

• #62 Are low performers missing learning opportunities?

• #61 Is memorisation a good strategy for learning mathematics? Read the blog, Underlying data.

• #60 Who are the low-performing students? Read the blog.

• #59 Does it matter how much time students spend on line outside of school? Read the blog.

• #58 Who wants to become a teacher? Read the blog, Underlying data.

• #57 Can schools help to integrate immigrants? Read the blog.

• #56 How confident are students in their ability to solve mathematics problems?   Read the blog.

• #55: Who are the best online readers? Read the blog.

• #54: Is spending more hours in class better for learning?  Read the blog.

• #53: Can the performance gap between immigrant and non-immigrant students be closed?  Read the blog.

• #52: How have schools changed over the past decade? Read the blog.

• #51: What do parents look for in their child’s school? Read the blog.

• #50: Do teacher-student relations affect students’ well-being at school? Read the blog.

• #49: what lies behind gender inequality in education? Read the blog.

• #48: Does math make you anxious? Read the blog.

• #47: How has student performance evolved over time? Read the blog.

• #46: Does homework perpetuate inequities in education? Read the blog.

• #45: Do countries with high mean performance in PISA maintain their lead as students age? Read the blog.

• #44: How is equity in resource allocation related to student performance? Read the blog.

• #43: Are disadvantaged students more likely to repeat grades? Read the blog.

• #42: When is competition between schools beneficial? Read the blog.

• #41: Do 15-year-olds know how to manage money? Read the blog.

• #40: Does pre-primary education reach those who need it most? Read the blog.

• #39: Are grouping and selecting students for different schools related to students’ motivation to learn? Read the blog.

• #38: Are 15-year-olds creative problem-solvers? Read the blog.

• #37: Do students have the drive to succeed? Read the blog.

• #36: Do parents’ occupations have an impact on student performance? Read the blog.

• #35: Who are the school truants? Read the blog.

• #34: Who are the strong performers and successful reformers in education?  Read the blog.

• #33: What can immigrant students tell us about education systems?

• #32: Do students perform better in schools with orderly classrooms?   Read the blog.

• #31: Who are the academic all-rounders?  Read the blog.

• #30: Could learning strategies reduce the performance gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students? Read the blog.

• #29: Do immigrant students’ reading skills depend on how long they’ve been in their new country? Read the blog.

• #28: What makes urban schools different?   Read the blog.

• #27: Does it matter which school a student attends? Read the blog.

• #26: Grade Expectations Read the blog.

• #25: Are countries moving towards more equitable education systems? Read the blog.

• #24: What do students think about school? Read the blog.

• #23: What do students expect to do after finishing upper secondary school Read the blog.

• #22: How do immigrant students fare in disadvantaged schools? Read the blog.

• #21: Do today’s 15-year-olds feel environmentally responsible? Read the blog.

• #20: Are school vouchers associated with equity in education? Read the blog.

• #19: Is there really such a thing as a “second chance” in education? Read the blog.

• #18: Are students more engaged when schools offer extracurricular activities? Read the blog.

• #17: Are large cities educational assets or liabilities? Read the blog.

• #16: Does performance-based pay improve teaching? Read the blog.

• #15: How green are today’s 15-year-olds? Read the blog.

• #14: What kinds of careers do boys and girls expect for themselves? Read the blog.

• #13: Does money buy strong performance in PISA? Read the blog.

• #12: Are boys and girls ready for the digital age? Read the blog.

• #11: How are school systems adapting to increasing numbers of immigrants students? Read the blog.

• #10: What can parents do to help their children succeed in school?

• #9: School autonomy and accountability: Are they related to student performance?  Also available: Chinese.

• #8: Do students today read for pleasure?  Also available: Chinese.

• #7: Private schools: Who benefits?  Also available: Chinese.

• #6: When students repeat grades or are transferred out of school: What does it mean for education systems? Also available: Chinese.

• #5: How do some students overcome their socio-economic background? Also available: Chinese.

• #4: Has discipline in school deteriorated? Also available: Chinese.

• #3: Does investing in after-school classes pay off? Also available:  Chinese.

• #2: Improving performance: leading from the bottom Also available: Chinese.

• #1: Pre-primary education and performance in PISA Also available:  Chinese.