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This first volume of PISA 2009 survey results provides comparable data on 15-year-olds' performance on reading, mathematics and science across 65 countries. The volume opens with an introduction explaining what PISA is and how PISA 2009 is different from previous PISA surveys. The introduction also explains what PISA 2009 measures and how. A reader's guide provides information needed to interpret the data. Chapter 2 provides a summary of the findings related to performance in reading, the focus of the 2009 survey. Chapter 3 provides a summary of the findings related to performance in mathematics and science. A final chapter explores policy implications in five areas: low performance, pursuing excellence, strengths and weaknesses in different kinds of reading, student performance in math and science, and the potential to improve performance across the world. Annexes provide detailed statistical data and technical information.
Education --- Social Sciences --- Theory & Practice of Education --- Examinations --- Interpretation. --- Interpretation of examinations --- Test interpretation --- Test results --- Validity
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Integrating Timing Considerations to Improve Testing Practices synthesizes a wealth of theory and research on time issues in assessment into actionable advice for test development, administration, and scoring. One of the major advantages of computer-based testing is the capability to passively record test-taking metadata-including how examinees use time and how time affects testing outcomes. This has opened many questions for testing administrators. Is there a trade-off between speed and accuracy in test taking? What considerations should influence equitable decisions about extended-time accommodations? How can test administrators use timing data to balance the costs and resulting validity of tests administered at commercial testing centers? In this comprehensive volume, experts in the field discuss the impact of timing considerations, constraints, and policies on valid score interpretations; administrative accommodations, test construction, and examinees' experiences and behaviors; and how to implement the findings into practice. These 12 chapters provide invaluable resources for testing professionals to better understand the inextricable links between effective time allocation and the purposes of high-stakes testing. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Examinations --- Educational tests and measurements --- Validity. --- Educational assessment --- Educational measurements --- Mental tests --- Tests and measurements in education --- Psychological tests for children --- Psychometrics --- Students --- Psychological tests --- Test results --- Test validity --- Validity of examinations --- Rating of --- Interpretation
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This open access book examines the challenges and issues caused by a move to a marketized education system in Sweden. Observing the introduction of the school voucher system and a postmodern social constructivist view of knowledge, the move away from objective knowledge is identified as the core reason for Sweden’s current education crisis. The impact of declining education standards on the labor market is also discussed. This book highlights the issues seen in Sweden and suggests policies that can improve education in the rest of the Western world as well. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in education and labor economics. .
Economics --- Labour economics --- Political economy --- Swedish Educational System --- Educational Performance in Swedish Schools --- Marketized Education --- Test Results and National Economic Performance --- Dysfunctional work environment --- Fragmentation of the Swedish School System --- Open Access --- Education --- Labor economics. --- Economics. --- Education Economics. --- Labor Economics. --- Political Economy and Economic Systems. --- Economic aspects. --- Economic theory --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Education and state --- Educational change --- Privatization in education --- Standards
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Score reporting research is no longer limited to the psychometric properties of scores and subscores. Today, it encompasses design and evaluation for particular audiences, appropriate use of assessment outcomes, the utility and cognitive affordances of graphical representations, interactive report systems, and more. By studying how audiences understand the intended messages conveyed by score reports, researchers and industry professionals can develop more effective mechanisms for interpreting and using assessment data.Score Reporting Research and Applications brings together experts who design and evaluate score reports in both K-12 and higher education contexts and who conduct foundational research in related areas. The first section covers foundational validity issues in the use and interpretation of test scores; design principles drawn from related areas including cognitive science, human-computer interaction, and data visualization; and research on presenting specific types of assessment information to various audiences. The second section presents real-world applications of score report design and evaluation and of the presentation of assessment information. Across ten chapters, this volume offers a comprehensive overview of new techniques and possibilities in score reporting.
Educational tests and measurements --- Examinations --- Grading and marking (Students) --- Evaluation. --- Validity. --- Graded schools --- Marking (Students) --- Students --- School reports --- Test results --- Test validity --- Validity of examinations --- Grading and marking --- Interpretation --- Rating of --- Educational tests and measurements - Evaluation --- Examinations - Validity --- Andrew Krumm --- April L. Zenisky --- Francis O'Donnell --- Gautam Puhan --- Gavin T. L. Brown --- John A. C. Hattie --- Linda Corrin --- Lisa A. Keller --- Marc Silver --- Mary Hegarty --- Mingyu Feng --- Priya Kannan --- Rebecca Zwick --- Richard J. Tannenbaum --- Ronald K. Hambleton --- Samuel A. Livingston --- Sandip Sinharay --- Sharon Slater --- Shelby J. Haberman --- Shuchi Grover --- Stephen G. Sireci --- Timothy M. O'Leary --- Yooyoung Park
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