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Direct linkBenítez, Isabel; Padilla, José-Luis; Hidalgo Montesinos, María Dolores; Sireci, Stephen G. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2016
Analysis of differential item functioning (DIF) is often used to determine if cross-lingual assessments are equivalent across languages. However, evidence on the causes of cross-lingual DIF is still evasive. Expert appraisal is a qualitative method useful for obtaining detailed information about problematic elements in the different linguistic…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Mixed Methods Research, Questionnaires, International Assessment
Download full textHerman, Joan L.; La Torre, Deborah; Epstein, Scott; Wang, Jia – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2016
This report presents the results of expert panels' item-by-item analysis of the 2015 PISA Reading Literacy and Mathematics Literacy assessments and compares study findings on PISA's representation of deeper learning with that of other related studies. Results indicate that about 11% to 14% of PISA's total raw score value for reading and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
Çil, Emine; Çepni, Salih – International Education Studies, 2014
International examination results have already influenced many countries to make radical reforms in education system. According to these results countries have been categorized as high, middle and low achievement in education. Turkey has also taken these results into consideration quite seriously and started to investigate to what extent there are…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Test Items
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD's) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) surveys, which take place every three years, have been designed to collect information about 15-year-old students in participating countries. PISA examines how well students are prepared to meet the challenges of the future,…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Scaling, Academic Achievement, Interrater Reliability
Hopstock, Paul J.; Pelczar, Marisa P. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
This technical report and user's guide is designed to provide researchers with an overview of the design and implementation of the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), as well as with information on how to access the PISA 2009 data. This information is meant to supplement that presented in Organization for Economic Cooperation…
Descriptors: Parent Materials, Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness
Mullis, Ina V. S.; Kennedy, Ann M.; Martin, Michael O.; Sainsbury, Marian – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2006
PIRLS 2006 provides countries with the unique opportunity to obtain internationally comparative data about how well their children can read. Countries also will obtain detailed information about home supports for literacy as well as school instruction. For the 35 countries that participated in PIRLS 2001, PIRLS 2006 will provide information on…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Research, International Programs, Comparative Analysis
Dossey, John A.; McCrone, Sharon S.; O'Sullivan, Christine – US Department of Education, 2006
In 2003, the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) included a special focus on problem-solving. This report reviews the problem-solving aspects of each study in order to compare and contrast the nature of problem solving in each assessment. The report's authors develop…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis
