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Liang, Xin – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2010
The study examined the role of classroom assessment and its relationships to student characteristics and mathematics performance by comparing the USA, Canada and Finland using Program of International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 data. The results indicated that student individual characteristics such as gender, family social-cultural status,…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Student Evaluation, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Achievement
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de Francesco, Corrado – European Journal of Education, 1986
Overreliance on enrollment figures for comparative analysis of higher education systems may create misunderstanding because data often lump together what is institutionally different, and the notion of "higher education student" may conceal completely different conditions, even within the same sector. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation
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Schagen, I. P. – Educational Studies, 1990
National Mathematics Survey briefly explains multilevel models, examining their power and flexibility as analytical tools. Provides examples of two applied models studying school and pupil variables: (1) data analysis from a National Mathematics Survey (England, Wales, Northern Ireland); and (2) data analysis of pupil attitudes using Hierarchical…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Technology
Jones, Roger G. – 2002
Data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) were analyzed to assess the viability of using the LSAY study data for national reporting of outcomes by geographic location and to identify variations in young Australians' education participation and outcomes by geographic region. The analysis revealed several sample distribution…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Interpretation, Dropouts, Educational Attainment