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Table 2 Characteristics of the meta-analyses on the gender differences in student achievement
From: The potential of international large-scale assessments for meta-analyses in education
Reference | n | k | Achievement domain(s) | Data | Type(s) of ILSA | Inclusion approach | Addressing dependence | Sensitivity analyses | Pooled effect size(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baye and Monseur, (2016) | 36 | 1654 | Mathematics, Science, Reading | Only ILSA data | PISA 2000, PISA 2003, PISA 2006, PISA 2009, PISA 2012, PIRLS 2001, PIRLS 2006, PIRLS 2011, TIMSS 1995, TIMSS 1999, TIMSS 2003, TIMSS 2007 | Only ILSA data | No | No | d = − 0.06–0.34; VR = 1.12–1.15 |
Else-Quest et al., (2010) | 2 | 476 | Mathematics | Only ILSA data | TIMSS 2003, PISA 2003 | Only ILSA data | No | No | d = − 0.42–0.40 |
Gray et al., (2019) | 102 | 2609 | Mathematics, Science, Reading | Only ILSA data | PISA 2000, PISA 2003, PISA 2006, PISA 2009, PISA 2012, PISA 2015, PIRLS 2001, PIRLS 2006, PIRLS 2011, TIMSS 1995, TIMSS 1999, TIMSS 2003, TIMSS 2007, TIMSS 2011, TIMSS 2015 | Only ILSA data | No | No | VR = 1.118 |
Keller et al., (2022)# | 6 | 1028 | Mathematics, Science, Reading | Only ILSA data | PISA 2000, PISA 2003, PISA 2006, PISA 2009, PISA 2012, PISA 2015 | Only ILSA data | Yes (three-level RE Model) | No | d = − 0.23–0.05 |
Lietz, (2006) | 31 | 139 | Reading | ILSA and Non-ILSA | IEA RC 1970/71, IEA RL 1990/91, PISA 2000 | One-stage direct inclusion | No | No | d = 0.19 |
Lindberg et al., (2010) | 242 | 441 | Mathematics | Only Non-ILSA data | - | None | No | – | d = − 0.15–0.22 |
Ouma & Nam, (2015) | 6 | 35 | Mathematics, Reading | Only Non-ILSA data | SACMEQ I 2003, SACMEQ I 2006, SACMEQ I 2008; SACMEQ II 2005, SACMEQ II 2007, SACMEQ II 2009 | One-stage direct inclusion | No | – | d = − 0.06–0.08 |
Siddiq and Scherer, (2019) | 23 | 46 | Digital literacy | ILSA and Non-ILSA | ICILS 2013 | One-stage direct inclusion | No | Yes (two-stage direction inclusion) | g = 0.12 |