Context

The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) periodically undertakes global surveys. These surveys measure student performance mathematics, science, and reading. For more information see https://www.oecd.org/pisa/aboutpisa/

Content

This dataset contains responses to the paper-based assessment component of the 2012 PISA survey. This data is provided by the OECD at https://www.oecd.org/pisa/data/pisa2012database-downloadabledata.htm. The raw data provided has been processed and is provided as CSV files. Additionally, student responses to cognitive items are also provided in long format with one row per response. A thorough description of the data provided is available in the OECD's technical report https://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/PISA-2012-technical-report-final.pdf

Each response file includes composite keys as in the original data. These are all listed as id fields. Student and school identifiers are recycled over countries, which together identify an individual respondent. For example, STIDSTD and CNT are a composite key for raw-responses/cognitive-items.csv.

Terms and Conditions

This data is available under the terms and conditions provided by the OECD, https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/