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Direct linkGustafsson, Martin; Barakat, Bilal Fouad – Comparative Education Review, 2023
International assessments inform education policy debates, yet little is known about their floor effects: To what extent do they fail to differentiate between the lowest performers, and what are the implications of this? TIMSS, SACMEQ, and LLECE data are analyzed to answer this question. In TIMSS, floor effects have been reduced through the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
Lee, Young-Sun; Park, Yoon Soo; Taylan, Didem – International Journal of Testing, 2011
Studies of international mathematics achievement such as the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) have employed classical test theory and item response theory to rank individuals within a latent ability continuum. Although these approaches have provided insights into comparisons between countries, they have yet to examine how specific…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Tests, Models, Cognitive Measurement
Eisenkopf, Gerald – Education Economics, 2011
The paper investigates if the provision of financial incentives has an impact on the performance of students in educational tests. The analysis is based on data from an experiment with high school students who answered multiple-choice items from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). As in TIMSS, the setup did not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 11, Educational Testing
