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Download full textMullis, Ina V. S., Ed.; Martin, Michael O., Ed.; von Davier, Matthias, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2021
TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) is a long-standing international assessment of mathematics and science at the fourth and eighth grades that has been collecting trend data every four years since 1995. About 70 countries use TIMSS trend data for monitoring the effectiveness of their education systems in a global…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Martin, Michael O., Ed.; Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed.; Hooper, Martin, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2017
"Methods and Procedures in PIRLS 2016" documents the development of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) assessments and questionnaires and describes the methods used in sampling, translation verification, data collection, database construction, and the construction of the achievement and context questionnaire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Grade 4, International Assessment
Wagemaker, Hans, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2020
Although International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement-pioneered international large-scale assessment (ILSA) of education is now a well-established science, non-practitioners and many users often substantially misunderstand how large-scale assessments are conducted, what questions and challenges they are designed to…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Comparative Analysis
Direct linkChauncey, Caroline T., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
Organized around the four key areas outlined in the U. S. Department of Education's Race to the Top program, this volume presents a collection of seminal articles on standards and assessment; using data to improve learning; recruiting and retaining great teachers and leaders; and turning around failing schools. Following a foreword by Robert B.…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Mentors, Academic Achievement, Educational Change
Bourque, Mary Lyn, Ed.; Byrd, Sheila, Ed. – 2000
The articles in this report were prepared to help the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) examine and clarify its public policy positions and its operational procedures in the area of standard setting for the future of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). They examine evaluations of the NAGB achievement levels setting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques
Smiles, Robin, Ed. – Education Sector, 2010
This fourth edition of the "ES Review" brings together, in one setting, some of the best work from 2009-10. It features: (1) Teacher Quality (Teachers at Work: Improving Teacher Quality Through School Design (Elena Silva); Understanding Teachers Contracts (Andrew J. Rotherham); How Teachers Unions Lost the Media (Richard Whitmire and…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Educational Quality, Contracts, Unions
Peer reviewedvon Davier, Alina A., Ed.; Liu, Mei, Ed. – ETS Research Report Series, 2006
This report builds on and extends existent research on population invariance to new tests and issues. The authors lay the foundation for a deeper understanding of the use of population invariance measures in a wide variety of practical contexts. The invariance of linear, equipercentile and IRT equating methods are examined using data from five…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Statistical Analysis, Data Collection, Test Format
