PISA Global Competence survey

The global competence assessment is part of the PISA student assessment and is composed of two parts: a cognitive assessment and a background questionnaire.
In the background questionnaire, students will be asked to report how familiar they are with global issues; how developed their linguistic and communication skills are; to what extent they hold certain attitudes, such as respect for people from different cultural backgrounds; and what opportunities they have at school to develop global competence.

Constructs Being Measured

Primary
Global mindedness
Secondary
Intercultural understanding

How to Access and Cite

Only the background questionnaire is openly available.
Contact the Teach For All TACL team for more information on this resource.

Outcome Families

Connectedness
Awareness

 

Programmatic Purpose-terms

Classroom-level data and feedback
Program-level monitoring and evaluation

Instrument Characteristics

Type of items

15 sets of questions, combination of demographic questions and Likert type questions.

Original target population

15 year olds (PISA sample)

Format
Self-report

Applicable Grade Levels-terms

Primary
Secondary

Supporting Research

Available Languages

Spanish, French, Arabic, German, Chinese, Japanese

Rationale

Only the background questionnaire is openly available.

Points to Consider

For more guidance on measuring student learning and best practices in adapting measurement tools to your contexts, check out the Portal page on Monitoring and Evaluation. You can also contact Alvin Vista (Knowledge Lead, Student Outcomes) and Robbie Dean (Director of Research) for specific questions.