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Analyzing TALIS Indicators and PISA Results with Data Envelopment: Comparison of EMS, DEAP, and R Software
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Büyükkidik, Serap – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2022
The Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) are large-scale measurements about teaching and learning. There is a link between TALIS indicators and PISA results. We investigated which countries are effective according to TALIS indicators as inputs and PISA 2015 mathematics,…
Descriptors: Administrator Surveys, Teacher Surveys, International Assessment, Achievement Tests
Comparing the Efficiency of Schools through International Benchmarking: Results from an Empirical Analysis of OECD PISA 2012 Data
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Agasisti, Tommaso; Zoido, Pablo – Educational Researcher, 2018
This paper derives efficiency scores for around 8,500 schools in 30 countries, using Programme for International Student Assessment 2012 data and a nonparametric approach called data envelopment analysis as method. On average, achievement scores of schools can be increased by 27%, holding inputs constant. Efficiency scores vary considerably both…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
The Efficiency of Italian Secondary Schools and the Potential Role of Competition: A Data Envelopment Analysis Using OECD-PISA2006 Data
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Agasisti, Tommaso – Education Economics, 2013
In this study, data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to compute efficiency scores for a sample of Italian schools by employing OECD-PISA2006 data aggregated at school level. Efficiency has been defined as the ability to transform inputs (resources, student background, etc.) into outputs (student achievement). Different versions of the DEA models…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Efficiency, Competition