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Köhler, Hannah, Ed.; Weber, Sabine, Ed.; Brese, Falk, Ed.; Schulz, Wolfram, Ed.; Carstens, Ralph, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2018
The IEA's International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) investigates the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens in a range of countries in the second decade of the 21st century. ICCS 2016 is the second cycle of a study initiated in 2009. The ICCS 2016 user guide describes the content and format of…
Descriptors: Guides, Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility
Foy, Pierre, Ed.; Drucker, Kathleen T., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) provides international comparative data about students' reading achievement after four years of primary schooling, while also measuring trends over time, monitoring curricular implementation, and identifying promising instructional practices. Conducted on a regular 5-year cycle, PIRLS has…
Descriptors: Guides, Users (Information), Reading Achievement, Best Practices
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Reporting how many people scored at a certain level or how many people passed a cut score is not the same thing as reporting the scores themselves. The newest (indefensible) cliche, derived from international test-score comparisons, says American kids get dumber the longer they stay in school. (MLH)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Data Interpretation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education