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Personality, Competencies, and Life Outcomes: Results from the German PIAAC Longitudinal Study
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Rammstedt, Beatrice; Danner, Daniel; Lechner, Clemens – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2017
The present paper investigates the power of personality to predict important life outcomes in the context of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). On the most global level, personality can be described by the Big Five dimensions, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Competence, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
Beyond the Mean Estimate: A Quantile Regression Analysis of Inequalities in Educational Outcomes Using INVALSI Survey Data
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Costanzo, Antonella; Desimoni, Marta – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2017
The number of studies addressing issues of inequality in educational outcomes using cognitive achievement tests and variables from large-scale assessment data has increased. Here the value of using a quantile regression approach is compared with a classical regression analysis approach to study the relationships between educational outcomes and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Measurement, Regression (Statistics), Correlation
Assuming Measurement Invariance of Background Indicators in International Comparative Educational Achievement Studies: A Challenge for the Interpretation of Achievement Differences
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Wendt, Heike; Kasper, Daniel; Trendtel, Matthias – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2017
Background: Large-scale cross-national studies designed to measure student achievement use different social, cultural, economic and other background variables to explain observed differences in that achievement. Prior to their inclusion into a prediction model, these variables are commonly scaled into latent background indices. To allow…
Descriptors: Measurement, Achievement Tests, Cultural Differences, Socioeconomic Influences
Affective Characteristics and Mathematics Performance in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand: What Can PISA 2012 Data Tell Us?
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Thien, Lei Mee; Darmawan, I. Gusti Ngurah; Ong, Mei Yean – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2015
Background: The results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 showed that Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand underperformed and were positioned in the bottom third out of 65 participating countries for mathematics, science, and reading literacies. The wide gap between these three countries and the top performing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students