Handbook of international large-scale assessment : background, technical issues, and methods of data analysis / edited by Leslie Rutkowski, Indiana University Bloomington, USA, Matthias von Davier, Educational Testing Service Princeton, New Jersey, USA, David Rutkowski, Indiana University Bloomington, USA.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rutkowski, Leslie, editor.

Davier, Matthias von, editor.

Rutkowski, David, editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Statistics in the social and behavioral sciences series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational tests and measurements--Cross-cultural studies.

Educational tests and measurements.

Academic achievement--Cross-cultural studies.

Academic achievement.

Educational tests and measurements--Methodology.

Educational tests and measurements--Statistics.

Statistics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : text file, PDF.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

"Introduction The origins of modern day international assessments of student skills are often traced back to the First International Mathematics Study (FIMS) conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) in the early 1960s. The undertaking of an international project at that time, with few modern technological conveniences to speak of (no email, fax, internet and only minimal access to international phone lines) and a shoestring budget, speaks to the dedication and vision of the scholars that were willing to attempt such a feat. The first executive director of the IEA, T. Neville Postlethwaite (1933-2009), once recounted the story of sending off the first round of assessments and not knowing for months if the assessment booklets had even arrived at their destinations, let alone whether or not the assessment was actually being administered in the 12 countries that initially participated"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

section 1. Policy and research relevance of international large-scale assessment data

section 2. Analytic processes and technical issues around international large-scale assessment data

section 3. Advanced analytic methods for analyzing international large-scale assessment data.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781439895146

OCLC:

864712730

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.