Educational assessments define what aspects of learning will formally be given credit and
therefore have a huge impact upon teaching and learning. Although the impact of high …

This study used item response data from 30 countries who participated in the Programme for
International Student Assessment (PISA). It compared reduction of proportion of item misfit …

All OECD countries except Turkey and the Slovak Republic participated in the first PISA
assessment (PISA 2000), and all 30 of them participated in the PISA 2003 and PISA 2006 …

In this article, we investigate the creation of comparable score scales across countries in
international assessments. We examine potential improvements to current score scale …

In this article, data from the Reading Literacy study conducted in 2000 and 2001 as part of
the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) were analysed in order …

Abstract The World Bank's Human Capital Index (HCI) aims to provide new information
regarding future productivity of each country's workforce, by synchronizing available …

In recent years, large-scale international assessments have been increasingly used to
evaluate and compare the quality of education across regions and countries. However …

We investigate the extent to which language versions (English, French and Arabic) of the
same science test are comparable in terms of item difficulty and demands. We argue that …

The use of multiple-language versions of tests is not only desirable but necessary for many
tests that involve individuals from different languages and cultures. This chapter describes …

Background/Context Two key uses of international assessments of achievement have been
(a) comparing country performances for identifying the countries with the best education …