15-up and counting, reading, writing, reasoning--
Subtitle: how literate are Australia's students? : the PISA 2000 survey of students' reading, mathematical, and scientific literacy skills
By: Jan Lokan, Lisa Greenwood, John Cresswell
Contributors: Greenwood, Lisa; Cresswell, John, 1950-; Programme for International Student Assessment
Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Research
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Camberwell, Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements; Competency based education; Educational evaluation; Programme for International Student Assessment
Other titles: Fifteen-up and counting, reading, writing, reasoning; How literate are Australia's students?
Description: The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) compared the performance of Australian 15-year-olds with the performance of 15 year-olds in 31 other countries, including USA, Canada, UK, many European nations, Japan, Korea and Russia in 2000. This book provides the findings of this survey, which show outstanding results.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Australia's results in international perspective; title: Adding meaning to PISA results : profiles of students' skills in reading; title: Adding meaning to PISA results : students' skills in mathematics and science; title: Results within Australia; title: The contexts of PISA in Australia : priorities, schools, and students; title: Socioeconomic factors in the education of Australian students; title: Multilevel analysis of Australia's results; title: Who are the high and low achievers?; title: Summary and policy issues.