IEA Research for Education
A Series of In-depth Analyses Based on Data of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
Volume 1 / 2016 to Volume 14 / 2024
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Meta-analyses and international large-scale assessments (ILSA) are key sources for informing educational policy, research, and practice. While many critical research questions could be addressed by drawing evi...
Book Series
A Series of In-depth Analyses Based on Data of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
Volume 1 / 2016 to Volume 14 / 2024
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This chapter introduces the importance of promoting fair, effective, and equitable teacher practice for both individual students and society in general. It presents the rationale, aims, and organizational stru...
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This chapter offers a comprehensive overview of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and its design. We discuss the various aspects of the methodology used in this book, such as th...
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Understanding changes in student learning outcomes over time is important for educational policy. In view of the fact that teachers and their teaching are key to student learning, the present chapter investiga...
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This final chapter discusses the findings from the empirical chapters of the book that focus on different aspects of teacher practice: what teachers teach (content coverage), how teachers teach (teaching quality)...
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Teacher practice encompasses a wide range of aspects pertaining to the work and responsibilities of teachers within an academic setting. This book focuses specifically on three fundamental aspects of teacher p...
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Opportunities to learn (OTL) are pivotal in sha** student achievements. A central OTL inquiry is whether the assessed content has been taught in the classroom and to what extent. This study focuses on conten...
Book
A Nordic Perspective Across Time and Groups of Students
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Gaining knowledge of what contextual factors may contribute to changes in student achievement across cycles of international large-scale assessments (ILSA), is important for educational policy and practice. Ad...
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Sufficient sleep is important to an individual’s health and well-being, but also for school achievement among adolescents. This study investigates the associations between sleepiness, sleep deficits, and schoo...
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The prerequisite for meaningful comparisons of educational inequality indicators across immigration status is the comparability of socioeconomic status (SES) measures. The Programme for International Student A...
Reference Work Entry In depth
A large body of knowledge and competence has accumulated since the first international large-scale assessment (ILSA) was implemented in the 1960s. Moreover, ILSA inspired numerous valuable debates about educat...
Living Reference Work Entry In depth
A large body of knowledge and competence has accumulated since the first international large-scale assessment (ILSA) was implemented in the 1960s. Moreover, ILSA inspired numerous valuable debates about educat...
Book and Reference Work
Perspectives, Methods and Findings
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School climate is a leading factor in explaining student outcomes. Although several studies have reviewed existing research on the link between school climate and student outcomes, these studies only emphasize...
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While there is consensus that teachers’ teaching quality is of utmost importance to student outcomes, conceptualizations and measures differ between studies and countries. Moreover, it is not clear which aspec...
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The handbook provides extensive and comprehensive overview of theories, methods, and results from ILSA presented by excellent authors from the field of educational research and beyond. The discussion chapter a...
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One main aim of ILSAs (International Large Scale Assessments) is to develop an empirically based foundation of knowledge for improvement of educational policy and practice. Ideally such knowledge is expressed ...
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This chapter summarizes conceptual, methodological, and empirical accomplishments and limitations of international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) in education taking into account, among others, the lessons le...