Opinion

Tehan's response to PISA results is to cook the books

Crispin Hull
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:04am, first published December 14 2019 - 12:00am

The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment tests not mere regurgitation, but capacity for analysis, thinking and evidence-based deductions. In 2019, Australia scored its worst result since the tests began in the early 2000s. At the same time we have a growing incapacity of our political leaders to think, analyse or draw evidence-based conclusions.

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Crispin Hull

Crispin Hull

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Crispin Hull is a former editor of The Canberra Times and a regular columnist.

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