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Ye, Wangqiong; Strietholt, Rolf; Blömeke, Sigrid – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2021
Academic resilience refers to students' capacity to perform highly despite a disadvantaged background. Although most studies using international large-scale assessment (ILSA) data defined academic resilience with two criteria, student background and achievement, their conceptualizations and operationalizations varied substantially. In a systematic…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Norms, Validity, International Assessment
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Aursand, Leah; Rutkowski, David – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2021
In recent years, exclusion rates in PISA have risen in many countries, including a sharper-than-average rise in Norway. This article focuses on Norway's experience with exclusion rates in PISA, including an analysis tracking this increase between 2000 and 2018. Through interviews with key stakeholders, this article explores several ideas that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students
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Eklöf, Hanna; Pavešic, Barbara Japelj; Grønmo, Liv Sissel – Applied Measurement in Education, 2014
The purpose of the study was to measure students' reported test-taking effort and the relationship between reported effort and performance on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Advanced mathematics test. This was done in three countries participating in TIMSS Advanced 2008 (Sweden, Norway, and Slovenia), and the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Correlation
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Hopfenbeck, Therese N.; Maul, Andrew – International Journal of Testing, 2011
The aim of this study was to investigate response-process based evidence for the validity of the Programme for International Student Assessment's (PISA) self-report questionnaire scales as measures of specific psychological constructs, with a focus on scales meant to measure inclination toward specific learning strategies. Cognitive interviews (N…
Descriptors: Student Reaction, Learning Strategies, Validity, Questionnaires