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A Multilevel Analysis of Swedish and Norwegian Students' Overall and Digital Reading Performance with a Focus on Equity Aspects of Education
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Rasmusson, Maria A. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2016
Background: Influence of external factors in general, and socioeconomic background factors in particular, on traditional reading performance has been extensively researched and debated. While traditional reading is well investigated in this respect, there is a lack of studies on equity aspects related to digital reading achievement, in spite of…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Reading Achievement, Technological Literacy, Telecommunications
On the Use of Rotated Context Questionnaires in Conjunction with Multilevel Item Response Models
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Adams, Raymond J.; Lietz, Petra; Berezner, Alla – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2013
Background: While rotated test booklets have been employed in large-scale assessments to increase the content coverage of the assessments, rotation has not yet been applied to the context questionnaires administered to respondents. Methods: This paper describes the development of a methodology that uses rotated context questionnaires in…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Item Response Theory, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
What Works Where? The Relationship between Instructional Variables and Schools' Mean Scores in Mathematics and Science in Low-, Medium-, and High-Achieving Countries
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Zuzovsky, Ruth – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2013
Background: The association between frequent use of certain instructional practices in mathematics and science and learning outcomes in schools in low-, medium-, and high-achieving countries is the focus of this study. It not only looks at teaching practices "that work" (positively associated with achievement) but whether they…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Achievement