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Gender Gap in Comparative Studies of Reading Comprehension: To What Extent Do the Test Characteristics Make a Difference?
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Lafontaine, Dominique; Monseur, Christian – European Educational Research Journal, 2009
In this article we discuss how apparently indicators that may appear straightforward, such as gender differences, need to be interpreted with extreme care. In particular, we consider how the assessment framework, and the methodology of international surveys, may have a potential impact on the results and on the indicators. Through analysis of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Test Format, Comparative Analysis