Comparing learning outcomes : international assessment and education policy / / edited by Jay H. Moskowitz & Maria Stephens

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 379.1/58
• Soggetto topico: Educational evaluation; Academic achievement - Evaluation; Educational indicators; Education and state
• Altri autori: MoskowitzJay H. <1946-> StephensMaria <1972->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Toward education improvement : the future of international assessment / Eugene Owen ... [et al.] -- From comprehension to literacy : thirty years of reading assessment / Dominique Lafontaine -- The assessment of adult literacy : history and prospects / T. Scott Murray -- Cross-curricular competencies : development in a new area of education outcome indicators / Jules L. Peschar -- Assessment of cross-curricular problem-solving competencies / Eckhard Klieme -- Reflections on the use of indicators in policy and practice / Friedrich Plank and Douglas Hodgkinson -- Gender differences in achievement : overview and examples of data use in five countries / compiled by Maria Stephens with contributions from Konrad Krainer ... [et al.] -- Considerations in comparing results from different countries, subjects, and grade levels / Kimmo Leimu -- Moving beyond bivariate indicators : the role of multilevel modelling in international comparisons / Roel J. Bosker and Tom A.B. Snijders -- On the methods used for international assessments of educational competencies / Fabrice Murat and Thierry Rocher.
• Sommario/riassunto: Written by researchers from eleven different countries, these accounts offer clear guidance on conducting different forms of international comparative research and valuable suggestions for new directions in such research.
• Titolo autorizzato: Comparing learning outcomes
• ISBN: 1-134-40918-4; 1-134-40919-2; 1-280-54690-5; 0-203-40356-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784683003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II