PISA 2025 Fact Sheet
- Long title
- Frequency of data collection
- Previous cycles
- Schedule
- Objectives
- Research questions
- Assessment domain(s)
- Study framework (summary)
- Participating entities
- Target population and sample (summary)
- Data collection techniques and instruments (summary)
- Initiator
- Study director(s)
- Study website(s)
- Contact
- Related studies
- Sources
(Note:
- Except between 2018 and 2022: Due to the pandemic, an assessment originally planned for 2021 was delayed by one year.
- After 2025, PISA will be conducted every 4 years.)
- 2021: framework development
- 2022: instrument development
- 2024: field test
- 2025: data collection
- 2026: release of international reports
- 2026: release of international database
Provide international comparable indicators on student achievement aiming to contribute to evidence-based policy making.
To what extent future generations have acquired key knowledge and skills that are essential for full participation in societies?
- Science (major domain)
- Reading
- Mathematics
- Learning in the digital world
- Foreign language (optional)
Assessment or survey framework
Science framework
- Contexts
- Knowledge
- Competencies
- Science identity (some aspects are covered by a questionnaire)
Mathematics framework
- Processes
- Content
- Contexts
Reading framework
- Processes
- Text formats
- Situations
Learning in the digital world (LDW) framework
- Computational problem-solving practices
- Self-regulated learning processes
Foreign language framework
(Forthcoming)
Contextual or background framework
- Student background constructs
- Schooling constructs (system, school, and classroom levels)
- Non-cognitive/metacognitive constructs (covering science-related topics, topics related to learning in the digital world, and general topics)
Numbers
Total countries/economies: 91
- OECD members & associates: 40
- Partners: 51
Participants
OECD countries & associates: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil (Associate), Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand (Associate), Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States
Partners: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China (People's Republic of), Hong Kong (China), Macao (China), Croatia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kurdistan Region (Iraq), Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Moldova (Republic of), Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia (Republic of), Palestinian Authority, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Tajikistan (Dushanbe), Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zambia
Target population
15-year-old students at Grade 7 or above
Sample
- PISA assesses students between the ages of 15 years and 3 months and 16 years and 2 months, and who are enrolled in an educational institution at grade 7 or higher.
- The lists from which schools and students are selected for the PISA assessment cover all students who meet these criteria, regardless of the type of educational institution in which they are enrolled and whether they are enrolled in full-time or part-time education.
- Typically, a country/economy implementing the core computer-based PISA 2025 assessment is required to sample a minimum of 6,300 assessed students.
PISA’s main data collection methods include:
Student assessment
- Direct assessments of students in reading, mathematics, and science
- Primarily computer-based (85 countries/economies), with some paper-based options (6 countries/economies)
Questionnaires
- Student questionnaire: Gathers information on students’ background, attitudes, behaviors, and learning environments.
- School questionnaire: Completed by principals to provide insights into the resources, policies, and practices of the school.
- Optional teacher questionnaire: Completed by teachers to offer context on classroom practices and teaching strategies.
- Optional parent questionnaire: Completed by parents to provide information about their perceptions of and involvement in their child’s school and learning.
Note: The new PISA 2025 learning in the digital world assessment has two main instruments:
- A cognitive test that measures the extent to which students can engage the cognitive, metacognitive and affective processes required for learning in the digital world.
- PISA questionnaire modules that will collect information about students’ use of digital tools for learning – both inside and outside of the classroom – as well as their attitudes towards ICT and their learning strategies. Modules in the teacher and school leader questionnaires will supplement this information with data about students’ school environments, such as the school’s pedagogical culture, teachers’ beliefs, and availability of supporting technology.
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