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On the Cross-Country Comparability of Indicators of Socioeconomic Resources in PISA
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Pokropek, Artur; Borgonovi, Francesca; McCormick, Carina – Applied Measurement in Education, 2017
Large-scale international assessments rely on indicators of the resources that students report having in their homes to capture the financial capital of their families. The scaling methodology currently used to develop the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) background indices is designed to maximize within-country comparability…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
Explaining the Difference between PISA 2009 Reading Scores in Finland and Estonia
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Mikk, Jaan – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2015
The aim of the study was to explain the difference between the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 reading results for Finland and Estonia using characteristics of teaching and learning, and characteristics of the overall development of these countries. PISA data were collected via a reading test and student questionnaires…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Scores
The Whole Child: An International Perspective
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Azzam, Amy M. – Educational Leadership, 2007
In a recent report, "Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-Being in Rich Countries," UNICEF's Innocenti Research Centre looks at the well-being of children and young people in 21 nations of the industrialized world. The report measures child well-being in six categories: (1) material well-being; (2) health and safety;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Behavior, Well Being, International Studies