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Author(s): Jay Moskowitz, Maria Stephens
ISBN(s): 9780415304191, 0203403568
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 1.51 MB
Year: 2004
Language: english
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Author: Jay Moskowitz, Maria Stephens

Comparing Learning Outcomes provides an insider’s look at the policy and practical issues in conducting and using the information from international assessments of education and is a key resource for researchers and policymakers in education. This book covers a variety of important topics related to international comparative assessment including: * History of international assessment, the factors contributing to its growth and the impacts of such growth * What it means to assess different domains * How information form international assessments has been used by policy makers in different countries * Technical considerations in analysing and using assessment data. Reflecting the increasing involvement of policy makers in the field of international education assessment Comparing Learning Outcomes brings together the collaborative research of professionals in 11 countries working on a project for the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), gathering cross-national, comparative information on education for use for governments.
 

Comparing Learning Outcomes International Assessment and Education Policy 1st Edition Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Toward education improvement

A brief look back

Looking forward

Summary

Notes

References

Chapter 2: From comprehension to literacy

Reading and literature as separate subjects to literacy in a broad sense

Domain organisation and characteristics of the reading tasks

Cultural and linguistic equivalence and comparability

Main challenges for the future

Notes

References

Acknowledgement

Chapter 3: The assessment of adult literacy

What are IALS and ALL?

Adult literacy: a measurement history

Advances in the theory of adult reading

Advances in the design of large-scale assessments

Advances in psychometrics

What remains to be answered and suggestions for future measurement

Notes

References

Chapter 4: Cross-curricular competencies

Perspectives on educational measurement

Development of measures of cross-curricular competencies

Issues for the near future

Summary

Notes

References

Chapter 5: Assessment of cross-curricular problem-solving competencies

The concept of problem solving

Problem solving in PISA

Problem solving in large-scale assessments

Conclusion

References

Notes

Chapter 6: Reflections on the use of indicators in policy and practice

Reflections from Austria

Reflections from Canada

Conclusions

Notes

References

Chapter 7: Gender differences in achievement

Gender differences in OECD countries

National uses of international data on gender differences

Appendix

Notes

References

Chapter 8: Comparing results from different countries, subjects and grade levels

The nature of comparisons

Comparison versus comparability

Possibilities of controlling bias in comparisons

General issues related to international assessments

References

Chapter 9: Moving beyond bivariate indicators

The basic multi-level model

The intra-class correlation as an indicator of equity of schools

Value-added indicators for equity of schools

Slopes as outcomes

Further extensions

Description or causal inference?

References

Chapter 10: The methods used for international assessments of educational competences

Issues of comparability

Unidimensionality and the measure of biases

The measurement of the dispersion of scores

Conclusion

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