An IEA-ETS Research Institute Journal
Research
Data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) revealed that countries systematically differ in their respondents’ literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology-...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:13
Published on: 17 July 2017
Research
Ample evidence indicates that a person’s human capital is important for success on the labor market in terms of both wages and employment prospects. However, unlike the efforts to identify the impact of school...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:12
Published on: 26 April 2017
Short report
As the largest and most innovative international assessment of adults, PIAAC marks an inflection point in the evolution of large-scale comparative assessments. PIAAC grew from the foundation laid by surveys th...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:11
Published on: 18 April 2017
Research
Large-scale cross-national studies designed to measure student achievement use different social, cultural, economic and other background variables to explain observed differences in that achievement. Prior to ...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:10
Published on: 16 March 2017
Research
European countries, and especially Germany, are currently very much affected by human migration flows, with the result that the task of integration has become a challenge. Only very little empirical evidence o...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:9
Published on: 1 March 2017
Methodology
Position effects may occur in both paper–pencil tests and computerized assessments when examinees respond to the same test items located in different positions on the test. To examine position effects in large...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:8
Published on: 16 February 2017
Research
The paper extends the literature on grade repetition in Brazil by (a) describing and synthesizing the main research findings and contributions since 1940, (b) enlarging the understanding of the inequity mechan...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:7
Published on: 7 February 2017
Research
Educational qualifications and literacy skills are highly related. This is not surprising as it is one aim of educational systems to equip individuals with competencies necessary to take part in society. Becau...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:6
Published on: 7 February 2017
Methodology
Survey participation rates can have a direct impact on the validity of the data collected since nonresponse always holds the risk of bias. Therefore, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educati...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:3
Published on: 31 January 2017
Research
The present paper investigates the power of personality to predict important life outcomes in the context of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). On the most global lev...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:2
Published on: 31 January 2017
Research
In Germany, the respondents who had participated in the 2012 survey of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) were re-approached for the panel study PIAAC-L. PIAAC-L aims ...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:4
Published on: 31 January 2017
Research
The increasing relevance of information and communication technologies (ICT) and society’s transition towards an information or knowledge society have led to the emergence of new challenges for schools and sch...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:5
Published on: 31 January 2017
Research
In large scale international assessment studies, questionnaires are typical used to query students’ home possessions. Composite scores are computed from responses to the home resource questionnaires and are us...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2017 5:1
Published on: 26 January 2017
Research
English language proficiency is considered a basic skill that students from different language backgrounds are expected to master, independent of whether they are native or non-native speakers. Tests that meas...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2016 4:19
Published on: 17 November 2016
Methodology
The current study compared four differential item functioning (DIF) methods to examine their performances in terms of accounting for dual dependency (i.e., person and item clustering effects) simultaneously by...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2016 4:18
Published on: 29 September 2016
Research
Teachers’ integration of information and communication technology (ICT) has been widely studied, given that digital competence is considered to be a crucial outcome of twenty first century education. In this c...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2016 4:17
Published on: 27 September 2016
Research
The paper presents the challenges of cross-country and cross-cultural research on the motivation to become a mathematics teacher based on data from the “Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics (...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2016 4:16
Published on: 21 September 2016
Research
This study investigates the relationship between students’ use of information and communication technology (ICT) for social communication and their computer and information literacy (CIL) scores. It also exami...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2016 4:15
Published on: 13 September 2016
Research
In 2011 the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) were conducted at fourth grade in a number of participating countries ...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2016 4:14
Published on: 2 September 2016
Research
The present study investigates what factors related to the school context influence student achievement on TIMSS mathematics tests across countries. A systematic review of the literature on PIRLS, TIMSS, and I...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2016 4:12
Published on: 26 August 2016
Research
This study statistically investigates the characteristics of the intended curriculum for Japanese primary science, focusing on the learning content. The study used the TIMSS 2011 Grade 4 Curriculum Questionnai...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2016 4:13
Published on: 26 August 2016
Research
In a previous study, the total, direct and indirect effects of parental education on reading, mathematics and science achievement have been estimated for Grade 4 pupils of 37 countries that participated in PIR...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2016 4:11
Published on: 24 August 2016
Research
Latent regression models are used for score-reporting purposes in large-scale educational survey assessments such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and Trends in International Mathemati...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2016 4:10
Published on: 8 July 2016
Research
Despite the importance of lifelong learning as a key to individual and societal prosperity, we know little about adult motivation to engage in learning across the lifespan. Building on educational psychologica...
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2016 4:9
Published on: 18 May 2016
Editorial
Large-scale Assessments in Education 2016 4:8
Published on: 6 May 2016
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