Specyfika dyskursu prasowego na temat badań PISA w Niemczech (2001-2010)

: In Germany, the poor performance of German pupils in the PISA study compared to their peers in other countries became a source of an intense dis-cussion that is strongly fueled in the media. Public space has become a type of platform for the exchange of information on the condition of German education as well as on the ongoing changes. The aim of the article is to present the main topics addressed by the German press in the first decade (2001–2010) after the publication of PISA results. A method of Critical Discourse Analysis was used in the research process, which made it possible to draw a conclusion that, on the one hand, educational problems highlighted by the media reflect society’s interest in education, and on the other hand, they may lead to an in-depth scrutiny of the emphasised phenomena, as well as of decisions to take specific, initiatives at the grassroots level (theory of utility and benefit, theory of opposite decoding). Press articles from national newspapers and magazines from selected federal states (de-pending on high or low achievements of their pupils) were analyzed, taking into account different political options.