Research On The PISA-D Initiative Of OECD:The Perspective Of International Regime

Starting from the background of the expansion of the educational influence of OECD,this research takes the PISA-D Initiative——the latest landmark programme of OECD’s international large-scale assessments——as a object,to study and discuss the driving forces behind the programme.The purpose of this study is to analyze the essence of the PISA-D Initiative.It further reveals the deep meaning behind OECD’s influence on education,and thus makes a clearer reflection on the position and role of OECD in the global education governance space.In order to explain the deep meaning of the expansion of OECD’s educational influence to developing countries in a general sense,this study regarded PISA-D as an international regime,selected the theory of international regime as an analysis tool,combined with literature method,text analysis method,case method and other specific research methods.This paper analyzes and interprets the basic and specific issues in the international regime theory from different orientations of realism,liberalism and constructivism,and draws conclusions.The research believes that the uniqueness of PISA-D Initiative is mainly reflected in the following aspects: First,the uniqueness of program participants.The nine PISA-D participants are all composed of low-income countries and distributed in typical underdeveloped regions in Asia,sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.This is the biggest feature of PISA-D that distinguishes it from PISA and other PISA derivative programmes.Second,the uniqueness of the program design.Although PISA-D is a derivative program of PISA,in order to adapt to its unique participants,a number of unique targeted designs are carried out.Third,the uniqueness of evaluation tool design.PISA-D has improved and adjusted the assessment tools.On the basis of maintaining the overall consistency with the main-PISA,it has distinct characteristics.Fourth,PISA-D is unique in mechanism.PISA-D conforms to Krasner’s basic definition of international mechanisms and the relevant characteristics of international regime.At the same time,PISA-D also shows its own functional,dynamic and nested mechanism characteristics.The study believes that from the perspective of international regime,there are three determinants behind PISA-D: power,function and cognition.These three driving forces come from the interaction of power relations,interest relations and construction relations formed by power structure,functional structure and cognitive structure contained in PISA-D.Meanwhile,the three driving factors of power,function and concept are not equal in the role and intensity of PISA-D.In addition,OECD is becoming more and more of a functional mechanism.Driven by its functions,OECD is gradually becoming a technical international organization.This research also discusses the characteristics of the PISA-D Initiative in the process of generation,development,design and implementation,and analyzes the implementation results and subsequent influences.Finally,this study discusses the future trends of power,function and cognition in the OECD and global education governance space,and illustrates the possibilities for further research.The theoretical significance of this study lies in: first,it can enrich the content of OECD research in China;Secondry,to provide reference samples for other OECD’s education assessments;Thirdry,it provides a new theoretical framework for the study of transnational educational action.Fourth,it has enriched the application fields and scenarios of international regime theories.At the same time,in the practical level,this study has a certain reference value for China’s education practice and the further development of China’s transnational education evaluation work.