
The student data files are the main data files.

From 2006, parent and process data files, from 2012, financial literacy data files, and from 2015, a teacher data file are offered for PISA data users. These data files are available for each PISA cycle (PISA 2000 – PISA 2015). The main data files are the student, the school and the cognitive datasets. sav) that can be directly downloaded from the PISA website. the PISA 2003 data files in “c:\pisa2003\data\”.įor generating databases from 2015, PISA data files are available in SAS for SPSS format (in. Before starting analysis, the general recommendation is to save and run the PISA data files and SAS or SPSS control files in year specific folders, e.g. The files available on the PISA website include background questionnaires, data files in ASCII format (from 2000 to 2012), codebooks, compendia and SAS and SPSS data files in order to process the data.įor generating databases from 2000 to 2012, all data files (in text format) and corresponding SAS or SPSS control files are downloadable from the PISA website ( SAS or SPSS users need to run the SAS or SPSS control files that will generate the PISA data files in SAS or SPSS format respectively. Generate data files available on the PISA website In what follows, a short summary explains how to prepare the PISA data files in a format ready to be used for analysis. The PISA database contains the full set of responses from individual students, school principals and parents. This document also offers links to existing documentations and resources (including software packages and pre-defined macros) for accurately using the PISA data files. It describes the PISA data files and explains the specific features of the PISA survey together with its analytical implications.

This note summarises the main steps of using the PISA database.
