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Marks, Gary N. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to identify school effects on student performance for tertiary entrance in Australia, taking into account student-level predictors using longitudinal data from the 2003 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study. It finds that aspects of schooling, such as positive attitudes to school and disciplinary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Performance Factors
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Shin, Jongho; Lee, Hyunjoo; Kim, Yongnam – School Psychology International, 2009
The purpose of the study was to comparatively investigate student- and school-level factors affecting mathematics achievement of Korean, Japanese and American students. For international comparisons, the PISA 2003 data were analysed by using the Hierarchical Linear Modeling method. The variables of competitive-learning preference, instrumental…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Performance Factors