The PISA 2003 Technical Report describes the complex methodology underlying PISA 2003, along with additional features related to the implementation of the project at a level of detail that allows researchers to understand and replicate its analyses. It presents information on the test and sample design, methodologies used to analyse the data, technical features of the project and quality control mechanisms.

•Chapter 1. The Programme for Interntional Student Assessment: An Overview
•Reader's Guide
•Chapter 2. Test Design and Development
•Chapter 3. The Development of the PISA Context Questionnaires
•Chapter 4. Sample Design
•Chapter 5. Translation and Cultural Appropriateness of the Test and Survey Material
•Chapter 6. Field Operations
•Chapter 7. Monitoring the Quality of PISA
•Chapter 8. Survey Weighting and the Calculation of Sampling Variance
•Chapter 9. Scaling PISA Cognitive Data
•Chapter 10. Coding Reliability Studies
•Chapter 11. Data Cleaning Procedures
•Chapter 12. Sampling Outcomes
•Chapter 13. Scaling Outcomes
•Chapter 14. Outcomes of Coder Reliability Studies
•Chapter 15. Data Adjudication
•Chapter 16. Proficiency Scale Construction
•Chapter 17. Scaling Procedures and Construct Validation of Context Questionnaire Data
•Chapter 18. International Database
•References