Monitoring student achievement in the 21st Century [electronic resource] : European policy perspectives and assessment strategies / Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Nele McElvany, Justine Stang, editors.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Monitoring Student Achievement in the Twenty-First Century
- References
- Part I
- Chapter 2: International Student Assessment: Aims, Approaches and Challenges
- Introduction
- International Student Assessments: An Overview
- Approaches to International Student Assessment: PISA Case Study
- How PISA Differs from Other International Student Assessment Studies
- Challenges for the Future of International Student Assessments
- Responding to Economic, Social and Technological Changes.
- Making Assessment Relevant for All
- Making Results Useful for All Stakeholders
- Improving Test and Questionnaire Reliability
- Drawing Causal Inferences
- Enhancing Transparency and Communication
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3: History and Current State of International Student Assessment
- The Beginning
- Developments from the 1980s Onwards
- Rankings
- The Empirical Turn
- Developments from 2000 Onwards
- PISA and IEA Studies: Different Paradigms
- Current Participation
- Future Outlook
- References.
- Chapter 4: Methodological Challenges of International Student Assessment
- Introduction
- Adopting New Constructs
- Consideration of Performance Heterogeneity
- Measurement and Statistical Modelling of Context Variables
- Transparency of Data and Methods
- Validation of Test Score Interpretations
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5: The Assessment Landscape in the United States: From Then to the Future
- Assessment in Elementary and Secondary Schools
- Elementary and Secondary School Assessment
- Assessment in Workforce.
- An Innovative Workforce Assessment System: Training Assessment Framework (TAF)
- Critical Discussion
- References
- Part II
- Chapter 6: Monitoring Student Achievement in Austria: Implementation, Results and Political Reactions
- Introduction
- The Education System in Austria
- Developing and Implementing Achievement Monitoring
- International and National Assessments Today
- Key Findings of International and National Assessments in Austria
- High Rate of Low-Performing Students
- Low Equity in Education
- How to Go Further?
- References.
- Chapter 7: Use of Assessments to Inform Educational Policies in French-Speaking Belgium
- Introduction
- The History of International Assessments
- International and/or National Assessments Today
- An Example in Question: PISA Results and Their Links with Educational Policies
- Achievement
- Socioeconomic Gap
- Segregation
- How to Go Further? Critical Discussion
- Between PISA 2000 and 2015: Change in Educational Policies
- No Change in Curricula
- Change in Terms of Governance
- Equity and Segregation: Structural Reforms
- References.