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Diego Cortes; Dirk Hastedt; Sabine Meinck – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2025
This paper informs users of data collected in international large-scale assessments (ILSA), by presenting argumentsunderlining the importance of considering two design features employed in these studies. We examine a commonmisconception stating that the uncertainty arising from the assessment design is negligible compared with that arisingfrom the…
Descriptors: Sampling, Research Design, Educational Assessment, Statistical Inference
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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
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Vebrianto, Rian; Rery, Radjawaly Usman; Osman, Kamisah – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2016
This research was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of BIOMIND portal in enhancing students' 21st century skills and overcoming their misconceptions in Biology subject. 118 Indonesian high school students were involved in this quasi-experimental study. The experimental group underwent learning experiences using BIOMIND portal whereas the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Biology, Misconceptions, Foreign Countries
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Robinson, A. Helene – Arts Education Policy Review, 2013
Does arts integration contribute to student success for disadvantaged student populations? The introduction to this article compares students' academic performance and arts education in countries outperforming the United States on the recent Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Progress in International Reading…
Descriptors: Art Education, Integrated Curriculum, Academic Achievement, Academic Standards
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Alivernini, Fabio – Educational Studies, 2013
The aim of the present study, based on data from 20 countries, is to identify the pattern of variables (at country, school and student levels), which are typical of students performing below the low international benchmark compared to students performing at the advanced performance benchmark, in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Questionnaires, Regression (Statistics)