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PISA Test Items and School-Based Examinations in Greece: Exploring the Relationship between Global and Local Assessment Discourses
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Anagnostopoulou, Kyriaki; Hatzinikita, Vassilia; Christidou, Vasilia; Dimopoulos, Kostas – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
The paper explores the relationship of the global and the local assessment discourses as expressed by Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test items and school-based examinations, respectively. To this end, the paper compares PISA test items related to living systems and the context of life, health, and environment, with Greek…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, Discourse Analysis
Explaining the Achievement Gap between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Students: An Analysis of PISA 2009 Results for Australia and New Zealand
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Song, Steve; Perry, Laura B.; McConney, Andrew – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2014
This study investigates the relative roles of home and school variables in accounting for achievement gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students in Australia and New Zealand. Using data from the Programme for International Student Assessment [PISA] 2009, our findings show that achievement gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Gap, Indigenous Populations, Achievement Tests