Methodological advances in cross-national surveys of educational achievement:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC National Academy Press ©2002
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Item Description:"Board on Testing and Assessment, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.". - Papers and discussions from a public symposium held by the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE) of the National Research Council in November 2000
Includes bibliographical references and index
Progress and challenges for large-scale studies / Andrew C. Porter and Adam Gamoran -- Study design -- The measurement of student achievement in international studies / Robert L. Linn -- Adapting achievement tests into multiple languages for international assessments / Ronald K. Hambleton -- Sampling issues in design, conduct, and interpretation of international comparative studies of school achievement / James R. Chromy -- Culture and context -- Cultural-cognitive issues in academic achievement: new directions for cross-national research / Janine Bempechat, Norma V. Jimenez, and Beth A. Boulay -- Measuring family background in international studies of education: conceptual issues and methodological challenges / Claudia Buchmann -- Advancements in conceptualizing and analyzing cultural effects in cross-national studies of educational achievement / Gerald K. LeTendre -- Making inferences -- The measurement of opportunity to learn / Robert E. Floden -- Statistical issues in analysis of international comparisons of educational achievement / Stephen W. Raudenbush and Ji-Soo Kim -- Drawing inferences for national policy from large-scale cross-national education surveys / Marshall S. Smith -- Conclusion -- Large-scale, cross-national surveys of educational achievement: promises, pitfalls, and possibilities / Brian Rowan
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 372 pages)
ISBN:0309083338
0309506883
9780309083331
9780309506885

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