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Figures fighting figures – unpacking state authority’s mis/ trust in PISA statistics.
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Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education . Dec2023, Vol. 44 Issue 6, p829-843. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- How can we understand the uncertainties in high-stake measures such as PISA in relation to the claims that different authorities make from them? In this paper, we use a rather remarkable case from Sweden involving conflicting interpretations of the PISA 2018 results at a national political level and a fight over statistics between two national agencies: National Agency for Education and the National Audit Office. The aim of this paper is to unpack processes of interpretations and claims that are often blackboxed in PISA debates: How can we understand the process that led up to the fight and what followed? Our data consist of media articles, broadcasts from the national television and radio (2018– 2021), reports and memos from the two-state authorities involved in this debate, and email conversations between the two. Our results stress the need for further transparency in how PISA data are collected and calculated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *STATE power
*ORGANIZATIONAL transparency
*STATISTICS
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01596306
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174566512
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2023.2186374