PISA
PISA assesses the learning outcome of students aged 15 in mathematics, science and reading literacy. PISA assesses to what extent students have acquired knowledge and skills essential for full participation in society and the variation in these skills over time. The students participating in the assessment are chosen by random sampling.
PISA also gauges attitudes to learning and learning skills. Questionnaires to students and schools gauge learning environments at home and at school, the students' social background and the support they receive in learning, and students' attitudes to school and learning.
The subjects in the assessment vary. The earlier assessments focused on the following subjects:
The most recent results of the assessment was released on December 2023 (PISA 2022).
PISA 2022: mathematics
PISA 2018: reading
PISA 2015: science
PISA 2012: mathematics
PISA 2009: reading
PISA 2006: science
PISA 2003: mathematics
PISA 2000: reading
In 2022, 81 countries/economies participated in the PISA assessment, 36 of which were OECD members. Finland's participation is financed by the Ministry of Education and Culture, which also nominates Finland's representative on the PISA Governing Board.
PISA 2025 in Finland
The PISA 2025 survey consists of a preliminary exam conducted in April–May 2024 and a main exam to be taken in spring 2025. The PISA survey is carried out by the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ (Finnish Institute for Educational Research (KTL) and the Centre for Applied Language Studies (SOLKI) as well as a consortium formed by the Tampere higher education community (Faculty of Education and Culture). The National Centre for PISA Research is located at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research in Jyväskylä. In Finland, approximately 2800 15-year-old pupils from a total of 40 schools will take part in the preliminary examination. The study will be carried out entirely on computers as an online implementation.
PISA 2025 frameworks
The PISA 2025 Learning in the Digital World assessment measures students’ capacity to engage in an iterative process of knowledge building and problem solving using computational tools. This capacity is demonstrated by effective self-regulated learning while applying computational and scientific inquiry practices.
The PISA 2025 Learning in the Digital World assessment focuses on competencies that are essential to learning with technologies.
PISA assesses literacy, mathematics and science skills. Each of these regions alternately serves as the main PISA region.
Since the 2012 survey, the assessment of financial literacy has been offered to the participating countries in the so-called financial literacy assessment as an international option. Finland participated in the assessment of financial literacy for the first time in 2018.
In addition, PISA has changing areas for each survey. The innovative area of research in 2025 is digital learning. Foreign Language Assessment is also included for the first time in the 2025 PISA survey.
