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IEA's Technical Standards for International Large-Scale Assessment
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Michael O. Martin, Editor; Julian Fraillon, Editor; Heiko Sibberns, Editor; Betina Borisova, Contributor; Ekaterina Buzkich, Contributor; David Ebbs, Contributor; Eugenio Gonzalez, Contributor; Seamus Hegarty, Contributor; Sabine Meinck, Contributor; Sebastian Meyer, Contributor; Irini Moustaki, Contributor; Lauren Musu, Contributor; Keith Rust, Contributor; Ulrich Sievers, Contributor; Matthias von Davier, Contributor; Kentaro Yamamoto, Contributor – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2025
This publication presents "IEA's Technical Standards for International Large-Scale Assessment." The initial standards, published in 1999, aimed to consolidate the best practices and methodological rigor in IEA's approach to educational assessment, addressing the unique needs of international studies. The standards presented in this…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Standards, Test Construction, Data Collection
Data Quality Disparities in Large-Scale Assessments: Insufficient Effort Responding across Student Groups, Schools, and Cultures
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Melissa Dan Wang – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2025
Although self-report surveys are widely used for data collection, data quality can vary across populations because certain groups are more likely to engage in insufficient effort responding (IER). Our study examined how different levels of the educational system--student groups, schools, and cultural contexts--affect data quality due to IER, using…
Descriptors: Responses, Response Style (Tests), Questionnaires, Surveys
The EF English Proficiency Index as an International Large-Scale Assessment: A Critical Cultural Political Economy Perspective
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Adeline De Angelis – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2025
This paper employs a Critical Cultural Political Economy of Education perspective to examine how, why, and to what effect the English proficiency rankings of a for-profit edu-business acquire the authority often granted to international large-scale assessments. Analysing the EF English Proficiency Index in the context of Ecuador illustrates how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Language Tests, Achievement Tests