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Afonso NatĂ©rcio (2009). « The influence of the Programme for International Student Assessment ( PISA ) on policy decision in Portugal ». SISIFO/ Educational Sciences Journal, n° 10, p. 53–64.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Afonso2009a  |
Categories: General Keywords: PISA Creators: Afonso Collection: SISIFO/ Educational Sciences Journal |
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The text discusses the new modes of government and regulation through the instruments, within the scope of which knowledge becomes a policy instrument and a vehicle used to regulate the social actors. This takes place in the background of public action character- ised by the increase in the number of actors and bodies involved. Based on documental analysis and an interview with the Minister of Education, we gauged the infl uence of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) on policy decision in Portugal. More specifi cally, the decisions made by the 17th Constitutional Government are analysed, which cited the PISA results to legitimise various education policies. A change has taken place in the decision -making process, with a renewal of the foundations of policy legitimacy, based more on scientifi c grounds and less on ideological thinking. In tandem with the reduction of political regulation, which translates a certain technicization and de -politicization of public action, we have witnessed a re -politicization of the instrument, resulting from the interrelations between the idiosyncrasies of political contexts, the po- litical agenda and the values that the instrument inherently transports.
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