Abstract
In this chapter, Tonia Bieber offers a much-needed analysis of the consequences of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study for political reform trajectories in Switzerland. It is explored how Swiss PISA findings triggered fierce debates on the education system’s future and catapulted the issue to the top of the political agenda. Bieber analyzes resulting political reforms on how to improve the system’s structure that are directed toward playing in the league of PISA ‘winner’ countries, drawing on potential ‘success factors’ highlighted by the OECD. After investigating whether and to what degree Swiss policy output converged toward OECD recommendations, the chapter shows how PISA acted as a catalyst event for overdue far-reaching reforms, and how transnational communication, regulatory competition, and domestic veto players shaped the patterns of Swiss convergence.
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