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Direct linkGustafsson, Martin; Barakat, Bilal Fouad – Comparative Education Review, 2023
International assessments inform education policy debates, yet little is known about their floor effects: To what extent do they fail to differentiate between the lowest performers, and what are the implications of this? TIMSS, SACMEQ, and LLECE data are analyzed to answer this question. In TIMSS, floor effects have been reduced through the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
Babiar, Tasha Calvert – Journal of Applied Measurement, 2011
Traditionally, women and minorities have not been fully represented in science and engineering. Numerous studies have attributed these differences to gaps in science achievement as measured by various standardized tests. Rather than describe mean group differences in science achievement across multiple cultures, this study focused on an in-depth…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Science Achievement, Standardized Tests, Grade 8
Peer reviewedBielinski, John; Davison, Mark L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2001
Used mathematics achievement data from the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress, the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, and the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 to examine the sex difference by item difficulty interaction. The predicted negative correlation was found for all eight populations and was…
Descriptors: Correlation, Difficulty Level, Interaction, Mathematics Tests
Download full textAmerican Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC. – 1998
An examination of the content and level of mastery required of students taking statewide mathematics achievement tests was conducted to provide clues about the kind and level of mathematics valued in the United States. Proposals for voluntary national tests also contributed to the rationale for the study. In particular, this study: (1) examined…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
