Cross-national surveys of learning achievement
Subtitle: how robust are the findings?
By: by Giorgina Brown ... [et al.].
Contributors: Brown, Giorgina.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1652; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1652
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements.
Description: "International surveys of learning achievement and functional literacy are increasingly common. We consider two aspects of the robustness of their results. First, we compare results from four surveys: TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS and IALS. This contrasts with the standard approach which is to analyse a single survey with no regard as to whether it agrees or not with other sources. Second, we investigate whether results are sensitive to the choice of item response model used by survey organisers to aggregate respondents' answers. In both cases we focus on countries' average scores, the within-country differences in scores, and on the association between the two. There is mixed news to report"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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