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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
Reliability and Validity of International Large-Scale Assessment: Understanding IEA's Comparative Studies of Student Achievement. IEA Research for Education. Volume 10
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Wagemaker, Hans, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2020
Although International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement-pioneered international large-scale assessment (ILSA) of education is now a well-established science, non-practitioners and many users often substantially misunderstand how large-scale assessments are conducted, what questions and challenges they are designed to…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Comparative Analysis
Participation in International Large-Scale Assessments from a US Perspective
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Plisko, Valena White – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
International large-scale assessments (ILSAs) play a distinct role in the United States' decentralized federal education system. Separate from national and state assessments, they offer an external, objective measure for the United States to assess student performance comparatively with other countries and over time. The US engagement in ILSAs…
Descriptors: International Studies, Group Testing, Comparative Education, Comparative Testing
Socioeconomic Gradients in Eastern European Countries: Evidence from PIRLS 2006
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Caro, Daniel H.; Mirazchiyski, Plamen – European Educational Research Journal, 2012
This article analyses educational inequalities related to socioeconomic status (SES) in 12 Eastern European countries that participated in the International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006. Economies and educational systems of these countries have undergone critical transformations since the fall of communism. The authors' analyses, using data…
Descriptors: Evidence, Equal Education, Educational Objectives, International Studies