Évolution des performances scolaires lors de la transition secondaire-Cégep : influences respectives des évaluations PISA, des performances scolaires antérieures et des contextes de vie
In order to assess international student performance, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has developed academic assessments, and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) for students reaching the end of the compulsory schooling. This program has achieved international reknown and is intended to become a key program for assessing student performance in skills necessary for success in life. This research presented here explores in to what degree the PISA is capable of predicting academic success of students who are moving into postsecondary studies in the province of Quebec. We have defined a variable allowing us to predict performance results for students as they transition from high school to Cégep. Our results tend to confirm that the PISA assessments are able to predict in part the continuation of good grades in school when variables related to student life are controlled for. However, an even better indicator than PISA assessments is the earlier grades, which explain the grades earned in the first year of postsecondary studies. However, after controlling for some environmental variables, the early grades are not able to predict the difference between low and high scores during the transition. Only the PISA assessments preserve a low part to predict a decline in school performance for those making the transition to postsecondary studies.
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