Our English-language partnership with PISA

PISA - the Programme for International Student Assessment - is a worldwide study carried out every three years which measures 15-year-old school pupils' performance in key subjects. With more than 600,000 students taking part in over 80 countries and economies, it makes it the world’s largest comparison of educational outcomes.

In partnership with the OECD, we are developing an assessment of foreign languages, which will be added to the PISA evaluation in 2025. It will give the world unprecedented insights into the effectiveness of English language teaching and learning.

We are a natural partner for the OECD as we bring a unique combination of assessment expertise, research capability and extensive portfolio of international benchmarking tools.

'Cambridge is delighted to support OECD by offering the expert input of our language assessment specialists and to share the techniques and experience we have developed by assessing the language skills of tens of millions of learners over the years and throughout the world.'

Hanan Khalifa
Director of Education Transformation & Impact
Cambridge Assessment English

Latest updates from Cambridge Assessment English and OECD

The PISA 2025 Foreign Language Assessment - Research in Practice

November 2020

We welcomed Tue Halgreen and Catalina Covacevich, from the OECD to present at our recent event ‘Research in practice: evidence-based decision-making in international education’.

Cambridge Assessment English to support PISA Foreign Language Assessment

October 2020

Read the press release announcing the partnership between Cambridge Assessment English the OECD.

Contact us to learn more about our approach to English language consultancy, and to discuss how we can support you in the development of high-quality English language education.