Changes in achievement on PISA: the case of Ireland and implications for international assessment practice

Large-scale Assessments in Education

An IERI – International Educational Research Institute Journal

Table 2 PISA test design–2003, 2006, and 2009

Booklet	PISA 2003				PISA 2006				PISA 2009
Booklet	P1	P2	P3	P4	P1	P2	P3	P4	P1	P2	P3	P4
1	M1	M2	M4	R1	S1	S2	S4	S7	M1	R1	R3A	M3
2	M2	M3	M5	R2	S2	S3	M3	R1	R1	S1	R4A	R7
3	M3	M4	M6	PS1	S3	S4	M4	M1	S1	R3A	M2	S3
4	M4	M5	M7	PS2	S4	M3	S5	M2	R3A	R4A	S2	R2
5	M5	M6	S1	M1	S5	S6	S7	S3	R4A	M2	R5	M1
6	M6	M7	S2	M2	S6	R2	R1	S4	R5	R6	R7	R3A
7	M7	S1	R1	M3	S7	R1	M2	M4	R6	M3	S3	R4A
8	S1	S2	R2	M4	M1	M2	S2	S6	R2	M1	S1	R6
9	S2	R1	PS1	M5	M2	S1	S3	R2	M2	S2	R6	R1
10	R1	R2	PS2	M6	M3	M4	S6	S1	S2	R5	M3	S1
11	R2	PS1	M1	M7	M4	S5	R2	S2	M3	R7	R2	M2
12	PS1	PS2	M2	S1	R1	M1	S1	S5	R7	S3	M1	S2
13	PS2	M1	M3	S2	R2	S7	M1	M3	S3	R2	R1	R5

Note. P1 = position 1, P2 = position 2, etc. M = mathematics, R = reading, S = science, PS = problem solving.