Computer-based test for PISA

In preparation for the upcoming Pisa, the Office Basic Education Commission has prepared strategies to stimulate the education system and improving students’ reading ability.
The test will stress personnel development to prepare teachers ready for the Pisa, which is assessed through computers.
The process is expected to elevate the Thai education system to match with other countries’ level. Some 15-year-olds in |member countries would be randomly selected to take part in the test.
Secretary-general Kamol Rodklai said last week that Thailand has joined the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, which initiated the Pisa project and has been responsible for it since 2000.
The test is held every three years. Computers would be used, instead of exam papers, to conduct the test. This would allow for a more interactive system.
“More than half of students under the commission will be selected to join the Pisa, whose questions will be carefully |prepared.
“Regardless of this year’s Pisa results, if every department shares the view of the importance of student development, then we have tried our best to uplift the education system,” he said.
Hopefully, this year’s Pisa result would be better than the last time in 2012, he said.
The commission has prepared the process in detail while the expected learning outcome would be the improvement of |students’ reading potential, as it is believed that good analysis can bring about a more accurate answer.