Correlational study between the global results of the PISA 2018 domains and the TALIS 2018 indicators

Abstract

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) are studies coordinated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) with the aim of assessing the competencies that 15-year-old students have acquired for active life and the teaching and learning in the lower secondary through the opinions of teachers, principals and parents. In this paper, we calculated the linear correlations between the results, by countries, of the 61 indicators of TALIS 2018 and the overall results of PISA 2018, in Reading, Mathematics and Science. We found that parameters related to teachers’ basic skills and knowledge have a higher correlation with PISA results than those related to prestige, responsibility and autonomy, and that commitment of teachers and head teachers to their training and professional development correlates positively with pupils’ results in PISA. We also found that the scarcity or inadequacy of digital technology for teaching has negative correlations with students’ life skills and that the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in teaching does not translate into better results in PISA.