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Gender differences in literacy in PIAAC: do assessment features matter?
BackgroundPrevious research based on large-scale studies consistently suggests that on average, male students tend to have lower literacy compared to...
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Influences of internet access on civic knowledge measurement in Taiwan
Internet-related issues have influenced how civic knowledge is educated and measured. The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS)...
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Teachers’ and principals’ perceptions of school emphasis on academic success: measurement invariance, agreement, and relations to student achievement
A school’s emphasis on academic success (SEAS) is a crucial aspect of school climate that can be rated by different informants, such as teachers or...
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Using a novel multiple-source indicator to investigate the effect of scale format on careless and insufficient effort responding in a large-scale survey experiment
Common indicator-based approaches to identifying careless and insufficient effort responding (C/IER) in survey data scan response vectors or timing...
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Measuring and explaining political tolerance among adolescents: insights from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study2016
BackgroundTolerance is a prerequisite for deliberative democracies. Therefore, fostering tolerance is an important task for educational systems in...
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The relationship between mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics achievement: multilevel analysis with NAEP 2019
BackgroundThis empirical study aims to investigate the association between mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics achievement gaps among students...
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Evaluating German PISA stratification designs: a simulation study
Stratification is an important design feature of many studies using complex sampling designs and it is often used in large-scale assessment (LSA)...
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Reciprocal relationship between self-efficacy and achievement in mathematics among high school students
Self-efficacy or perceived ability refers to the confidence an individual has in their ability to successfully perform a specific task. Previous...
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The use of process data in large-scale assessments: a literature review
As the use of process data in large-scale educational assessments is becoming more common, it is clear that data on examinees’ test-taking behaviors...
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Investigating item complexity as a source of cross-national DIF in TIMSS math and science
BackgroundLarge scale international assessments depend on invariance of measurement across countries. An important consideration when observing...
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Exploration of the linear and nonlinear relationships between learning strategies and mathematics achievement in South Korea using the nominal response model : PISA 2012
Learning strategies have been recognized as important predictors of mathematical achievement. In recent studies, it has been found that Asian...
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Combining machine translation and automated scoring in international large-scale assessments
BackgroundArtificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing communication and technology-driven content creation and is also being used more...
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The limits of inference: reassessing causality in international assessments
This paper scrutinizes the increasing trend of using international large-scale assessment (ILSA) data for causal inferences in educational research,...
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No substantive effects of school socioeconomic composition on student achievement in Australia: a response to Sciffer, Perry and McConney
In this journal, Sciffer et al. (Large-scale Assessments in Education 10:1–22, 2022), hereafter SP&M, conclude that school socioeconomic...
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Using plausible values when fitting multilevel models with large-scale assessment data using R
The use of large-scale assessments (LSAs) in education has grown in the past decade though analysis of LSAs using multilevel models (MLMs) using R...
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An engagement-aware predictive model to evaluate problem-solving performance from the study of adult skills' (PIAAC 2012) process data
The benefits of incorporating process information in a large-scale assessment with the complex micro-level evidence from the examinees (i.e., process...
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Investigating the effect of COVID-19 disruption in education using REDS data
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a rapid and unprecedented transformation of global educational systems. The research community has uncovered...
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The potential of international large-scale assessments for meta-analyses in education
Meta-analyses and international large-scale assessments (ILSA) are key sources for informing educational policy, research, and practice. While many...
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Examining successful and unsuccessful time management through process data: two novel indicators of test-taking behaviors
Test-taking behavior is a potential source of construct irrelevant variance for test scores in international large-scale assessments where...
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A Bayesian workflow for the analysis and reporting of international large-scale assessments: a case study using the OECD teaching and learning international survey
This paper aims to showcase the value of implementing a Bayesian framework to analyze and report results from international large-scale assessments...
