The impact of international achievement studies on national education policymaking

The impact of international achievement studies on national education policymaking / edited Alexander W. Wiseman.

Since the IEAs first international studies on mathematics and science achievement in the late 1960s, the availability and use of international achievement studies around the world has exploded. The most widely adopted studies, PISA and TIMSS, are now administered regularly and include participating...

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Other Authors: Wiseman, Alexander W., 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2010.
Series:International perspectives on education and society ; 13.
Subjects:
Educational statistics.
Educational planning > Statistical methods.
Educational strategies & policy.
Organization & management of education.
Education > General.
Education > Comparative.
Educational planning > Statistical methods
Educational statistics
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the advantages and disadvantages of national education policymaking informed by international achievement studies / Alexander W. Wiseman
  • Monitoring the quality of education : exploration of concept, methodology, and the link between research and policy / Mioko Saito, Frank van Cappelle
  • Why participate? Cross-national assessments and foreign aid to education / Rie Kijima
  • Does inequality influence the impact of schools on student mathematics achievement? A comparison of nine high-, medium-, and low-inequality countries / Amita Chudgar, Thomas F. Luschei
  • New directions in national education policymaking : student career plans in international achievement studies / Joanna Sikora, Lawrence J. Saha
  • Analyzing Turkey's data from TIMSS 2007 to investigate regional disparities in eighth grade science achievement / Ebru Erberber
  • The impact of standardized testing on education quality in Kyrgyzstan : the case of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 / Duishon Shamatov, Keneshbek Sainazarov
  • From equity of access to international quality standards for curbing corruption in secondary and higher education and closing achievement gaps in post-Soviet countries / Mariam Orkodashvili
  • A comparative analysis of discourses on equity in education in the OECD and Norway / Cecilie Rønning Haugen
  • The impact of international achievement studies on national education policymaking : the case of Slovenia : how many watches do we need? / Eva Klemencic
  • Finland, PISA, and the implications of international achievement studies on education policy / Jennifer H. Chung
  • Why the fireworks? : theoretical perspectives on the explosion in international assessments / Jennifer DeBoer
  • Standardized tests in an era of international competition and accountability / M. Fernanda Pineda.

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