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Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care: Finland
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Taguma, Miho; Litjens, Ineke; Makowiecki, Kelly – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become a policy priority in many countries. A growing body of research recognises that it provides a wide range of benefits, including social and economic benefits, better child well-being and learning outcomes as a foundation for lifelong learning, more equitable outcomes and reduction of poverty, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Labor Market, Literature Reviews, Foreign Countries
Finnish Students' Multiliteracy Profiles
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Leino, Kaisa; Linnakyla, Pirjo; Malin, Antero – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2004
Finnish students' multiliteracy profiles are examined from the perspectives of both traditional printed reading and Internet activities in the light of the data collected as a national option integrated into the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2000 study. After reciting some previous findings on reader profiles as revealed by…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Profiles, Internet, Multivariate Analysis
The Search for Descriptions of Students' Thinking and Knowledge: Exploring Nominal Cognitive Variables by Correspondence and Homogeneity Analysis
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Olsen, Rolf Vegar – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2004
In the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) the items are organised in small clusters relating to the same stimulus material (called 'units'). Homogeneity analysis (HA) is used to develop a detailed description of the relationship between all the items in one unit, using the categorical information available in the PISA data. The…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Knowledge Level, Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries
U.S. Student and Adult Performance on International Assessments of Educational Achievement. Findings from "The Condition of Education, 2006." NCES 2006-073
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Lemke, Mariann; Gonzales, Patrick – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
Currently, the United States participates in four international assessments: the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), which assesses reading performance in grade 4; the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which assesses the reading, mathematics, and science literacy of 15-year-olds; the Trends in International…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Participant Characteristics, Family Literacy, Profiles