PISA for Development - Participating Countries

The baseline for an education goal could potentially be set through the increased numbers of middle- and low-income countries participating in PISA, for the 2015 cycle and beyond. Significant advantages include:

A single reference against which to rigorously gauge the degree of progress made towards targets for educational quality and equity.
A comparable and robust measure of progress to allow all countries – regardless of their starting point – to establish themselves on an improvement trajectory to achieve targets referenced to common international goals.
Credible and comparable results: PISA requires participating countries to follow common technical, institutional and administrative standards for the assessment.
An opportunity to help build institutional capacity. Countries are responsible for overseeing PISA implementation; therefore, participation in PISA can also drive improvements in institutions. This capacity building could be implemented directly with development partners in a way that creates spill-over benefits to other parts of the educational sector

Countries that have signed Participation Agreements with the OECD to participate in PISA for Development include:

	Cambodia Project Launch Date May 2016		Ecuador Project Launch Date 14 February 2014
‌	Guatemala Project Launch Date 27 March 2015	‌	Honduras Project Launch Date 23 February 2016
	Panama Project Launch Date 22 April 2016		Paraguay Project Launch Date 21 April 2015
	Senegal Project Launch Date 16 January 2015		Zambia Project Launch Date 28 February 2014