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Yalçin, Seher; Tavsancil, Ezel – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
This research aimed to determine the relative efficiency of the types of school common to three administrations of the PISA (2003-2006-2009) by comparing their results, along with the activities that are to be performed for inefficient school types and changes in the efficiency value of the school types by year. The comparative analysis was based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, School Effectiveness, Efficiency
OECD Publishing, 2014
The "PISA 2012 Technical Report" describes the methodology underlying the PISA 2012 survey, which tested 15-year-olds' competencies in mathematics, reading and science and, in some countries, problem solving and financial literacy. It examines the design and implementation of the project at a level of detail that allows researchers to…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
Foy, Pierre, Ed.; Drucker, Kathleen T., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) provides international comparative data about students' reading achievement after four years of primary schooling, while also measuring trends over time, monitoring curricular implementation, and identifying promising instructional practices. Conducted on a regular 5-year cycle, PIRLS has…
Descriptors: Guides, Users (Information), Reading Achievement, Best Practices
Isabel, Lesley A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact professional development has on student achievement. Specifically, the study was to examine the impact of teachers' professional development activities on student achievement. This was carried out by quantitatively examining the amounts of professional development (number of activities and…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Language Arts, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement
Plair, Clarissa Jeanne – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This qualitative study is written from a phenomenological standpoint using Van Manen's (1990 ) hermeneutic lived experiences of the participants. Fourth grade teachers from a large urban school district in the southwestern U.S. completed an online questionnaire and participated in a focus group interview to provide insight into their attitudes and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development, Minority Group Students, Academic Achievement
Foy, Pierre, Ed.; Drucker, Kathleen T., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
The PIRLS 2011 international database includes data for all questionnaires administered as part of the PIRLS 2011 assessment. This supplement contains the international version of the PIRLS 2011 background questionnaires and curriculum questionnaires in the following 5 sections: (1) Student Questionnaire; (2) Home Questionnaire (Learning to Read…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Databases, Student Surveys, Teacher Surveys
Castillo, Criselda I. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of the study was to collect data to determine if assistant principal experience predicts student achievement as measured by the outcome measures of (1) school overall accountability rating, (2) Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) reading/English language arts score, (3) TAKS mathematics score, and (4) campus attendance rate…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Language Arts, Academic Achievement, Accountability
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD's) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) surveys, which take place every three years, have been designed to collect information about 15-year-old students in participating countries. PISA examines how well students are prepared to meet the challenges of the future,…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Scaling, Academic Achievement, Interrater Reliability
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Ingels, Steven J.; Pratt, Daniel J.; Wilson, David; Burns, Laura J.; Currivan, Douglas; Rogers, James E.; Hubbard-Bednasz, Sherry – National Center for Education Statistics, 2007
The Data File Documentation reports on the procedures and methodologies employed during the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 base year, first, and second follow-ups, with special emphasis on the second follow-up (2006). The document is designed to provide guidance for users of the restricted-use data as released in Electronic Codebook (ECB)…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Research Methodology, High School Students, Data Collection