the foreign language assessment joins the controversial pisa test

There is the 'Programme for International Student Assessment':

PISA is the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment. PISA measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges.

PISA - PISA

Some countries are doing very badly:

‘It Just Isn’t Working’: PISA Test Scores Cast Doubt on U.S. Education Efforts - The New York Times

U.S. Falling Behind: Ranking the Most and Least Educated States | WANE 15

U.S. students lag around average on international science, math and reading test - The Washington Post

But the PISA test is controversial:

In this letter to Dr Andreas Schleicher, director of the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment, academics from around the world express deep concern about the impact of Pisa tests and call for a halt to the next round of testing

OECD and Pisa tests are damaging education worldwide - academics | School tables | The Guardian

As related on these pages over the years:

Jay Doubleyou: panic in the west over educational achievements in the far east

Jay Doubleyou: the purpose of education: from china to prussia to the united states

Jay Doubleyou: teaching as a subversive activity

Despite these serious reservations, a new part to the PISA suite is being added:

Foreign Language Assessment - PISA

There have been several surveys on the comparison of foreign language skills, but there is no current, reliable international data on how English is learnt and taught in school systems around the world. That’s why the PISA Foreign Language Assessment 2025 is a ground-breaking survey that will change everything

What the PISA Foreign Language Assessment means for English language education | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Leaning into PISA’s language test | E L Gazette

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