PISA Governing Board (PGB)

Composition

• Representatives of OECD members and PISA associates (i.e., countries or economies that are not OECD members but have membership rights and obligations in regard to specific OECD bodies and programs)
• Countries and economies that participate in PISA but do not have associate status are welcome to participate in PGB meetings as observers.
• Representatives are appointed by their respective education ministries; the PGB chair is chosen by the board itself.

Responsibilities

• Determination of policy priorities for PISA-D
• Oversight of these policies during implementation of PISA-D

International contractors

Pearson, United Kingdom

• Took the lead on the development of the cognitive assessment frameworks

Westat, USA

• Survey operations
• Sampling

The Learning Bar, Canada

• Focused on the questionnaire frameworks and questionnaire development

cApStAn, United States

• Linguistic quality control

HallStat SPRL, Belgium

• Translation referee

PISA-D Subject Matter Expert Groups

PISA-D had subject matter expert groups for its three key areas of testing – reading, mathematics and science literacy.

These groups were led by world experts in each area and included country experts nominated by the participating countries.

Responsibilities: Design of the theoretical framework for the survey

PISA-D Questionnaire Expert Group (QEG)

The PISA-D QEG had 3 members and 12 members in the extended group, including country experts nominated by the participating countries.

Responsibilities: Leadership and guidance in the construction of the PISA-D context questionnaires

National project managers

The PISA-D national project managers were appointed by their respective governments. 

Responsibilities: Oversight of implementation of PISA-D in each participating country/economy