Assessing the Quality of Education in Bulgaria using PISA 2009
This report reflects and analyzes the recently released survey results from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted in 2009 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The report examines the chan...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/16434608/bulgaria-assessing-quality-education-bulgaria-using-pisa-2009 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12767 |
| Summary: | This report reflects and analyzes the
recently released survey results from the Program for
International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted in 2009 by
the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD). The report examines the change in scores from 2006
to 2009 and looks at how much of the change can be
attributed to improvements in the quality of the education
system, how the poor, linguistic minorities and students at
small schools fared over this period; as well as the
relationship between various types of school autonomy and
achievement. The analysis reveals that: (1) There were large
increases in math and reading scores equivalent to one-half
and one year of learning gains over time, and a modest
improvement in the science scores; (2) All of the increase
is attributed to improvements in the quality of the
education system; (3) The poorest 20 percent of students
improved just as much as the overall population. PISA 2009
shows that there has been little improvement in the equity
of the Bulgarian education system as evidenced by the poor
performance of small schools and socially disadvantaged
groups, including linguistic minorities. Small schools have
been excluded from the improvements and it is not clear
whether linguistic minorities benefitted from the overall
increased performance of the system. Future reform efforts
need to address these outstanding challenges. |
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