The international survey PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) is carried out every three years (since 2000) with 15 year olds in most of the member countries of the OECD and in numerous partner countries. It evaluates the acquisition of knowledge and essential know-how for daily life at the end of the period of obligatory education.
Switzerland chose the option of studying the population of students in the 9th year of education (national sample) as well as 15 year old students (international sample). The sample of 9th graders allows comparisons within the country between linguistic regions and, thanks to supplementary cantonal samples, between the cantons.
The three tested domains are reading, mathematics, and the sciences, with one of these the focus for each cycle. In 2000, main subject was reading, in 2003 it was mathematics, and in 2006 the sciences. In 2009, main subject was again reading. For PISA 2003, an additional theme was developed, that of problem solving ability.
Switzerland
This entry covers data from the Swiss national sample (9th graders). Data from the International sample (fifteen year olds) are freely available on OECD website : http://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/
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