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Cuellar, Edwin; Partchev, Ivailo; Zwitser, Robert; Bechger, Timo – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2021
International large-scale assessment in education aims to compare educational achievement across many countries. Differences between countries in language, culture, and education give rise to differential item functioning (DIF). For many decades, DIF has been regarded as a nuisance and a threat to validity. In this paper, we take a different…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Academic Achievement, Test Bias, Achievement Tests
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Leino, Kaisa; Linnakyla, Pirjo; Malin, Antero – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2004
Finnish students' multiliteracy profiles are examined from the perspectives of both traditional printed reading and Internet activities in the light of the data collected as a national option integrated into the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2000 study. After reciting some previous findings on reader profiles as revealed by…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Profiles, Internet, Multivariate Analysis
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Ho, Esther Sui-chu – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: This paper aims to identify and compare the nature of decentralization that has emerged in three important Asian societies after a decade of their involvement in the decentralization movement. Design/methodology/approach: Data from the first cycle of the program for international student assessment were analyzed to investigate educational…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Administrative Organization, Foreign Countries, Asian Culture
Creswell, John; Underwood, Catherine – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2004
The primary focus of this report is to examine the effect that geographical location may have on the performance of students from schools from all parts of Australia who participated in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)/Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2000). Approximately 5,477 students from 231…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Location, Rural Urban Differences, Academic Achievement