PISA 2015 Context Questionnaires Framework

This chapter describes the core content of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 and PISA’s interest in measuring student’s engagement at school, dispositions towards school and their self-beliefs, and in gathering information about students’ backgrounds and the learning environment at school. The chapter discusses the content and aims of the Student Questionnaire, the School Questionnaire (completed by school principals), the optional Parent Questionnaire (completed by parents of students who sat the PISA test), the optional Educational Career Questionnaire (completed by students, concerning their educational and career aspirations), the optional ICT Familiarity Questionnaire (completed by students, concerning their attitudes towards and experience with computers) and the optional Teacher Questionnaire (completed by teachers, and introduced in PISA 2015).