International large-scale assessments in education : insider research perspectives / edited by Bryan Maddox.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maddox, Bryan, editor.

Series:

Education 2018.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational tests and measurements.

Comparative education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This book explores the often controversial international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) in education and offers research-based accounts of international testing as a social practice. Assessment exercises, such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), produce comparable international statistics and rankings on educational performance, and are influential practices that shape educational policy on a global scale. The chapters in this volume, written by expert researchers in the field, take the reader behind the scenes to document a broad range of ILSA practices - from the recruitment of countries into ILSAs, to the production and performance of large-scale testing, and the management, media reception and use of test data. Based on data that is only available to expert researchers with inside access, the international case study material includes examples from Australia, Ecuador, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, the UK and the USA. The volume provides important insights for teachers, researchers and policy-makers who use and study assessment data and who wish to evaluate its significance for educational policy and practice."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Part 1. Theory and mind

Part 2. Observing data production

Part 3. Reception and public opinion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2018 dcunns

ISBN:

9781350023635

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.