Research Catalog

Title

PISA 2006 technical report : Programme for International Student Assessment.

Publication

Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, c2009.

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Additional Authors

• Adams, Raymond J., 1959-
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Programme for International Student Assessment

Description

418 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

This publication describes the methodology underlying the PISA 2006 survey. It examines additional features related to the implementation of the project at a level of detail that allows researchers to understand and replicate its analyses. Topics include the test and sample design, methodologies used to analyze the data, technical features of the project and quality control mechanisms.--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Academic achievement
• Education and state
• Programme for International Student Assessment
• Students > Rating of

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-377).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Programme for international student assessment : an overview -- Test design and test development -- The development of the PISA context questionnaires -- Sample design -- Translation and cultural appropriateness of the test and survey material -- Field operations -- Quality assurance -- Survey weighting and the calculation of sampling variance -- Scaling PISA cognitive data -- Data management procedures -- Sampling outcomes -- Scaling outcomes -- Coding and marker reliability studies -- Data adjudication -- Proficiency scale construction -- Scaling procedures and construct validation of context questionnaire data -- Validation of the embedded attitudinal scales -- International database.

ISBN

• 9789264048089
• 9264048081

OCLC

421373371

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library