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Direct linkAvvisati, Francesco; Givord, Pauline – OECD Publishing, 2021
This paper compares the learning gain over one year of schooling among 15-year-old students in Austria and Scotland (United Kingdom). Common metrics for reading, mathematics and science learning, as established by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), are used. In order to overcome the limitations of a cross-sectional,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Barteau, Heather Lynn; Webb, C. Lorraine – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2019
The U.S.'s education system has been in a state of crisis for decades. Reform attempts addressed with each administration, such as "A Nation at Risk" during the Reagan campaign, "No Child Left Behind" during the Bush administration, and the most recent, Obama's "Race to the Top" initiative, elucidate America's…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Educational Practices, Democracy, Academic Achievement
Sakellariou, Chris – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2018
The literature on the immigrant-native educational achievement gap is suggestive of a better performance of immigrant students in countries practising selective immigration policies. However, the origin of such differences has not been investigated. I considered both important observed characteristics as well as the role of unobservables in the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Immigration, Public Policy, Academic Achievement
Rasmusson, Maria A. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2016
Background: Influence of external factors in general, and socioeconomic background factors in particular, on traditional reading performance has been extensively researched and debated. While traditional reading is well investigated in this respect, there is a lack of studies on equity aspects related to digital reading achievement, in spite of…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Reading Achievement, Technological Literacy, Telecommunications
Takayama, Keita; Waldow, Florian; Sung, Youl-Kwan – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
Drawing on the conceptual work of externalisation in comparative education and multi-accentual signs in cultural studies, this article examines how the print news media accentuate "Finnish education" in the process of inserting this external reference into the domestic political discourses around education reform in Australia, Germany…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, News Media, Comparative Education, Educational Change
Perry, Laura B.; McConney, Andrew – Australian Journal of Education, 2013
Previous research has established that student outcomes are strongly associated with the socioeconomic composition of a school, also known as school socioeconomic status. Less is known, however, about the ways in which the relationship varies for different students, schools and national education systems. Here, we conduct a secondary analysis of…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Cross Cultural Studies, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Cheung, Kwok-cheung; Mak, Soi-kei; Sit, Pou-seong – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2013
Using data drawn from the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted in 2009, the present study sought to examine the mediating effects of three kinds of variables in order to account for the relationships between gender and the digital reading performance of students. The three kinds of variables are (1) online reading…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
Hao, Shiqi; Johnson, Robert L. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2013
This study, through multilevel analyses of the data of four English-speaking nations (i.e., Canada, England, New Zealand and the United States) from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2001 database, investigated the relationship between teachers' uses of various types of classroom assessments and their fourth-graders'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, International Education, Comparative Education
Galletly, Susan A.; Knight, Bruce Allen – Australian Educational Researcher, 2011
The PISA studies of reading achievement of 15 year old students in OECD and partner nations show Anglophone nations to have continuing high proportions of weak readers (less than or equal to Level 2), with no improvement in this area from 2000 to 2006 (OECD, "Science competencies for tomorrow's world: Executive summary," 2007). The…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Spelling, Reading Achievement, Low Achievement
Ko, Hwa Wei; Chan, Yi Ling – Chinese Education and Society, 2009
This study examined the relationship between students' reading attainment scores and key family environmental factors in Chinese and non-Chinese communities. Six family environmental factors were considered: parents' evaluation of their offspring's early literacy skills, early home literacy activities (EHLA), reading activities involving parents…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, International Studies, Reading Achievement, Multiple Regression Analysis
Tse, Shek Kam; Lam, Raymond Y. H.; Lam, Joseph W. I.; Chan, Yiu Man; Loh, Elizabeth K. Y. – Research in Education, 2006
The study examines the reading attitudes and attainment of Hong Kong, Singapore and English primary-school students using data collected in the PIRLS 2001 international reading survey. A total of 13,486 students aged 9-10 years were assessed. Singaporean students were found to have more positive reading attitudes and confidence than Hong Kong and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Ability, Gender Differences, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedAustin, Gilbert R.; Postlethwaite, T. Neville – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Secondary analysis of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement findings suggest early school entry results in higher mathematics achievement, but not reading or science achievement, as measured at ages 10 and 13. Possible explanations lie in developmental learning sequences, variations between homes and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission (School), Cognitive Development, Comparative Education
Download full textPostlethwaite, T. Neville – 1976
The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) conducted a six-subject survey to examine achievement in 23 nations with 15 different languages of instruction. The technique used was cross-sectional, with sampling at three different educational levels. In addition to achievement testing in science, reading…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Civics, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
