PISA 2006 technical report
Contributors: Programme for International Student Assessment; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9789264048096; 9789264048089
Subjects: Academic achievement; Students; Education and state; Programme for International Student Assessment; Rating of
Description: This publication describes the methodology underlying the PISA 2006 survey. It examines additional features related to the implementation of the project at a level of detail that allows researchers to understand and replicate its analyses. Topics include the test and sample design, methodologies used to analyze the data, technical features of the project and quality control mechanisms.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "Programme for International Student Assessment."

"Raymond Adams ... editor for this report"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Programme for international student assessment : an overview; title: Test design and test development; title: The development of the PISA context questionnaires; title: Sample design; title: Translation and cultural appropriateness of the test and survey material; title: Field operations; title: Quality assurance; title: Survey weighting and the calculation of sampling variance; title: Scaling PISA cognitive data; title: Data management procedures; title: Sampling outcomes; title: Scaling outcomes; title: Coding and marker reliability studies; title: Data adjudication; title: Proficiency scale construction; title: Scaling procedures and construct validation of context questionnaire data; title: Validation of the embedded attitudinal scales; title: International database.