Use migrant academic outcomes as a natural test of whether PISA ranks mostly reflect school quality or population traits. If origin‑group performance persists in destination schools, PISA is measuring more than schooling, and national 'education secrets' stories are overstated.
— This reframes how media and policymakers interpret international test tables and informs immigration selection and integration policy.
2026.01.04
88% relevant
The PISA 2022 release is the exact kind of cross‑national, student‑level assessment the existing idea proposes using to test whether international test rankings primarily reflect schooling quality or population composition; PISA’s immigrant‑status and language variables let analysts disentangle origin‑group effects from school effects as suggested by the matched idea.
Aporia
2025.10.13
100% relevant
The author argues 'this can’t be the main explanation' for PISA gaps and points to migrant evidence as the key counter, implying population effects over school effects.
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