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William Nicholas Bork Rodriguez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A secondary analysis of PISA 2018 data was conducted to investigate the reading achievement of students with an immigrant background. While prior research suggests the importance of demographic characteristics in secondary PISA analyses, a major critique is that PISA centers destination characteristics over origin ones, limiting the study of the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Students, Achievement Tests
Pizmony-Levy, Oren – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation examines a vital catalyst in the globalization of education: international assessments--that involve testing and rankings--of student achievement in academic subjects. Nearly all high-income countries participate in international assessments such as Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), Progress in…
Descriptors: Global Approach, International Assessment, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries