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The Role of the OECD in International Comparative Studies of Achievement
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Barry McGaw – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2008
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) underpins its extensive policy work with strong databases of comparable statistics and indicators with which it compares countries. In 2000, it extended its education database with its first collection of data on the performances of 15-year-olds in reading, mathematics and science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students