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The Promises and Expectations of ILSAs Regarding Policymaking: Lessons from Latin America
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César Guadalupe – Comparative Education, 2024
Standardised International Large-Scale Assessments (ILSAs) have gained prominence in global and national educational discussions. ILSAs claim to offer valuable insights for improving education systems, but their impact on educational policy varies and has become a contested arena. This article analyses how these assessments fed educational…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
School Closure Policies and Student Reading Achievement: Evidence across Countries from PIRLS 2021
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Alec Kennedy; Rolf Strietholt – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education worldwide as educational systems made the decision to close schools to contain the spread of the virus. The duration of school closures varied greatly internationally. In this study, we use representative trend data from more than 300,000 students in 29 countries to examine whether the cross-country…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Educational Policy
Has Peak PISA Passed? An Investigation of Interest in International Large-Scale Assessments across Countries and over Time
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John Jerrim – European Educational Research Journal, 2024
International Large-Scale Assessments (ILSAs) have had significant impact on education policy across the globe. But has interest in ILSAs now started to wane? This paper presents new evidence on this issue, exploring how the amount of attention three major ILSAs receive compares across countries, between studies and over time. Using information on…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
The Effect of Computer Availability on Student Achievement in Slovakia: Evidence from TIMSS and PIRLS
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Marcela Veselkova – European Education, 2024
Students living in poverty tend to perform worse in school than their peers from better-off families. This paper examines whether computer availability helps narrow down educational inequalities in Slovakia, using TIMSS and PIRLS data. The results show that computer availability in reading lessons improves reading scores and that the effect is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Mathematics Tests
PIRLS 2021: National Report for England. Research Report
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Ariel Lindorff; Jamie Stiff; Heather Kayton – UK Department for Education, 2024
This report outlines the results of the 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) in England. PIRLS is an international comparative study directed by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. The aim of PIRLS is to assess and compare the reading performance of pupils in their fourth year of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Grade 4, International Assessment
Deciphering the Layers of Reading Achievement: A Multi-Level Analysis of Student and School-Level Predictors in Top-Performing PIRLS 2021 Countries
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Pongprapan Pongsophon – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
This study investigates the student- and school-level predictors of reading performance across five top-performing countries in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2021. Utilising a multilevel analysis, the research examines the influence of cognitive development, socio-cultural contexts and educational environments on…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development