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Strietholt, Rolf; Rosén, Monica; Bos, Wilfried – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2013
Background: Since the early days of international large-scale assessments, an overarching aim has been to use the world as an educational laboratory so countries can learn from one another and develop educational systems further. Cross-sectional comparisons across countries as well as trend studies derive from the assumption that there are…
Descriptors: Measurement, International Assessment, Foreign Countries, Sampling
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Andon, Anabelle; Thompson, Christopher G.; Becker, Betsy J. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2014
Background: While existing evidence strongly suggests that immigrant students underperform relative to their native counterparts on measures of mathematics, science, and reading, country-level analyses assessing the homogeneity of the immigrant achievement gap across different factors have not been systematically conducted. Beyond finding a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, International Assessment