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Big change question As national policy-makers seek to find solutions to national education issues, do international comparisons such as TIMMS and PISA create a wider understanding, or do they serve to promote the orthodoxies of international agencies?

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    Kathryn Riley

  2. Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

    Harry Torrance

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Riley, K., Torrance, H. Big change question As national policy-makers seek to find solutions to national education issues, do international comparisons such as TIMMS and PISA create a wider understanding, or do they serve to promote the orthodoxies of international agencies?. Journal of Educational Change 4, 419–425 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JEDU.0000006188.73593.8d

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