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There are always extra-national or global influences on the development of curricular practices within nations, regions and jurisdictions, although we have to be clear that these globalising pressures do not determine policy and practice within particular countries in an over-arching way. This chapter will show how a common currency of comparison is created through the development of an international comparative student assessment system, such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Scott, D. (2016). Globalisation Mechanisms. In: New Perspectives on Curriculum, Learning and Assessment. Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22831-0_7
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