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Teacher-Centered Analysis with TIMSS and PIRLS Data: Weighting Approaches, Accuracy, and Precision
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Shelby J. Haberman; Sabine Meinck; Ann-Kristin Koop – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2024
This paper extends existing work on teacher weighting in student-centered surveys by looking into aspects of practical implementation of deriving and using weights for teacher-centered analysis in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS). The formal…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Achievement
Does Early Tracking Affect Learning Inequalities? Revisiting Difference-in-Differences Modeling Strategies with International Assessments
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Contini, Dalit; Cugnata, Federica – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2020
The development of international surveys on children's learning like PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS--delivering comparable achievement measures across educational systems--has revealed large cross-country variability in average performance and in the degree of inequality across social groups. A key question is whether and how institutional differences…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Scores, Family Characteristics