Programme of International Student Assessment - PISA 2009
In April and May of 2009, the next PISA assessment is being conducted with about 20,000 fifteen-year-old students in about 900 schools in Canada. PISA 2009 is assessing students’ abilities in reading as the major domain, with mathematics and science as the minor domains. The test is to be administered in English and French, with all ten provinces participating. Results will be reported at the country and provincial level, with information on the Anglophone and Francophone systems in the five provinces of Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
The main assessment will require a total of three and a half hours – including the two-hour test in the three domains and the additional questions on how schools are preparing students for the future, students’ backgrounds, and school and work experience.
This fourth PISA assessment will take place at the same time as the Youth in Transition Survey.
The PISA 2009 Call for Local Scorers is now closed. All applicants will be notified of their selection status by May 29, 2009.