Books in the National Assessments of Educational Achievement series

Que estan aprendiendo los estudiantes? En todo el mundo, los gobiernos que se esfuerzan por mejorar la calidad de la educacion estan recurriendo a las evaluaciones nacionales como fuente de esta informacion que tan necesaria es en las areas curriculares clave.

Une evaluation efficace de la performance des systemes educatifs est un element cle de l'elaboration des politiques visant a optimiser le developpement du capital humain dans le monde.

Focuses on the practical tasks involved in running a large-scale national assessment programme. Part I gives an overview, Part II a methodology to select a representative student sample, Part III how to clean and manage data, and Part IV useful pre-analysis steps such estimates, survey weights, and similar.

Provides step-by-step details on how to analyze data collected in a national assessment, with an introduction to statistical analyses normally carried out in these large-scale assessments, item and test analysis, and a CD contains with analysis software (IATA), exercises and supporting data files.