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Relationships between the Use of Test Results and US Students' Academic Performance
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Li, Hongli; Fortner, C. Kevin; Lei, Xiaoxuan – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
In this study, we examined relationships between the use of test results and US students' math, reading, and science performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009. Based on a literature review, we hypothesized that the 16 items in the PISA school questionnaire, which are related to the use of test results, can be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Tests, Evaluation Utilization, Mathematics Achievement
Effects of Learning Strategies on Student Reading Literacy Performance
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Li, Jie; Chun, Cecilia Ka-wai – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2012
This study assesses the effects of the use of learning strategies on student literacy performance based on the 2002 Hong Kong Program for International Student Assessment. The descriptive statistics show that students use the memorization strategy almost as frequently as the elaboration strategy. Independent sample t-tests reveal that female…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Direct Instruction
An Analysis of the Relationship between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Scientific Literacy in Canada and Australia
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Luu, King; Freeman, John G. – Computers & Education, 2011
Despite the lack of substantial evidence for improvement in the quality of teaching and learning with information and communication technology (ICT), governmental organizations have pushed ICT as a means of providing broad-scale training to meet the demand for a skilled workforce, centred upon a hypothesized ICT-scientific literacy relationship.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Scientific Literacy, Gender Differences
Measuring ICT Use and Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Recent Econometric Studies
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Biagi, Federico; Loi, Massimo – European Journal of Education, 2013
Based on PISA 2009 data, this article studies the relationship between students' computer use and their achievement in reading, mathematics and science in 23 countries. After having categorised computer use into a set of different activities according to the skills they involve, we correlate students' PISA test-scores with an index capturing the…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Achievement Rating, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
School Socio-Economic Composition and Student Outcomes in Australia: Implications for Educational Policy
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Perry, Laura; McConney, Andrew – Australian Journal of Education, 2010
It is established that the socio-economic status (SES) of individual students is strongly associated with academic achievement but less is known about this relationship when both student and school socio-economic status are considered. To examine these associations at a finer grain, with the intent of informing educational funding policy, we…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
International Evidence on Expenditures and Class Size: A Review
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Woessmann, Ludger – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2007
In the United States, evidence abounds on the effects of expenditures and class size on student achievement, but often it is controversial. In other parts of the world, hard evidence is not as easy to come by, mostly because of data limitations. But over the years, testing agencies have started to collect data on student performance and family…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Class Size, Teacher Effectiveness, Family Characteristics