Handbook of International large-scale assessment
Subtitle: background, technical issues, and methods of data analysis
By: edited by Leslie Rutkowski, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, Matthias von Davier, Edicational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, David Rutkowski, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Series: Statistics in the social and behavioral sciences series
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group; CRC Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 633
ISBN-13: 9781439895122
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements; Cross-cultural studies; Academic achievement; Methodology; Statistics; MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General
Description: "Introduction The origins of modern day international assessments of student skills are often traced back to the First International Mathematics Study (FIMS) conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) in the early 1960s. The undertaking of an international project at that time, with few modern technological conveniences to speak of (no email, fax, internet and only minimal access to international phone lines) and a shoestring budget, speaks to the dedication and vision of the scholars that were willing to attempt such a feat. The first executive director of the IEA, T. Neville Postlethwaite (1933-2009), once recounted the story of sending off the first round of assessments and not knowing for months if the assessment booklets had even arrived at their destinations, let alone whether or not the assessment was actually being administered in the 12 countries that initially participated"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.