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International Large-Scale Assessments in Education: Insider Research Perspectives
Contributor(s): Maddox, Bryan (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1350023604     ISBN-13: 9781350023604
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
OUR PRICE: $183.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
- Education | Evaluation & Assessment
- Education | Comparative
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" L (1.10 lbs) 248 pages
Features: Dust Cover
 
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This book explores the often controversial international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) in education and offers research-based accounts of international testing as a social practice. Assessment exercises, such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), produce comparable international statistics and rankings on educational performance, and are influential practices that shape educational policy on a global scale. The chapters in this volume, written by expert researchers in the field, take the reader behind the scenes to document a broad range of ILSA practices - from the recruitment of countries into ILSAs, to the production and performance of large-scale testing, and the management, media reception and use of test data. Based on data that is only available to expert researchers with inside access, the international case study material includes examples from Australia, Ecuador, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, the UK and the USA. The volume provides important insights for teachers, researchers and policy-makers who use and study assessment data and who wish to evaluate its significance for educational policy and practice.

Contributor Bio(s): Maddox, Bryan: - Bryan Maddox is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Development at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is a Director of the Laboratory of International Assessment Studies.
 
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