The Program for International Student
Assessments (PISA) is an international assessment of 15-year-olds
which focuses on assessing students’ reading, mathematics, and
science literacy. PISA was first administered in 2000 and is
conducted every three years. The United States has participated in
all of the previous cycles, and is participating in 2018 in order
to track trends and to compare the performance of U.S. students
with that of students in other education systems. PISA 2018 is
sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD). In the United States, PISA is conducted by the
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S.
Department of Education. In each administration of PISA, one of the
subject areas (reading, mathematics, or science literacy) is the
major domain and has the broadest content coverage, while the other
two subjects are the minor domains. PISA emphasizes functional
skills that students have acquired as they near the end of
mandatory schooling (aged 15 years), and students’ knowledge and
skills gained both in and out of school environments. PISA 2018
will focus on reading literacy as the major domain. Mathematics and
science literacy will also be assessed as minor domains, with
additional assessment of financial literacy. In addition to the
cognitive assessments described above, PISA 2018 will include
questionnaires administered to assessed students, school
principals, and teachers. The PISA 2018 Recruitment and Field Test
were approved in September 2016 with the latest change request
approved in September 2017 (OMB# 1850-0755 v.18-20). The PISA 2018
field test was conducted in April-May 2017. The PISA 2018 main
study recruitment began in October 2017 and data collection will be
conducted October-November 2018. This request is to conduct PISA
2018 main study.
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