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PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

ISBN-101350023604

ISBN-139781350023604

eBay Product ID (ePID)239640724

Product Key Features

Number of Pages248 Pages

Publication NameInternational Large-Scale Assessments in Education : Insider Research Perspectives

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Evaluation & Assessment, Comparative

Publication Year2018

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaEducation

AuthorBryan Maddox

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight18.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

ReviewsI found this book highly interesting. It goes beyond mere criticism and provides fascinating insights from "inside the machine".

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal379.158

Table Of ContentIntroduction: Inside the Assessment Machine, Bryan Maddox (University of East Anglia, UK) Part I: The Assessment System 1. Researching 'PISA for Development', Camilla Addey (Humboldt University, Germany) 2. Infrastructures of Objectivity, Nelli Piattoeva (Tampere University, Finland) 3. Methodological Challenges of Future Assessment Practices, Ben Williamson (University of Stirling, UK) 4. Materialising Student Performance in Large-Scale Assessments, Margareta Serder (Malmo University, Sweden) Part II: Producing Data 5. A Comparative Analysis of Student Preparation for Large-scale Assessments, Sam Sellar (University of Queensland, Australia), Bob Lingard (University of Queensland, Australia), Keita Takayama (University of New England, Australia) and David Rutkowski (University of Oslo, Norway) 6. The OECD Survey on Early Childhood Care, Simone Bloem (German Youth Institute, Germany) 7. Interviewer Effects in the OECD Survey of Adult Skills, Bryan Maddox (University of East Anglia, UK), Petra Javrh (Institute of Adult Education, Slovenia) and Ester Mozina (Institute of Adult Education, Slovenia) 8. Self-reported Effort and Motivation in PISA, Hanna Eklof (Umea University, Sweden) Part III: Reception and the Public Good 9. The Public and International Assessments, Oren Pizmony-Levy (Teacher's College, Columbia University, USA) 10. Managing Public Reception of Assessment Results, Mary Hamilton (Lancaster University, UK) 11. The Influence of PISA on National Assessment Systems, Jeanne Marie Ryan (Oxford University, UK) Conclusion, Radhika Gorur (Deakin University, USA) Index

SynopsisThis 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.

LC Classification NumberLB2822.75