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Since the IEA’s first international studies on mathematics and science achievement in the late 1960s, the availability and use of international achievement studies around the world has exploded. The most widely adopted studies, PISA and TIMSS, are now administered regularly and include participating countries from every region around the world. These international studies, now include cross-national studies of multiple subject areas, teachers and teaching, and a developing focus on higher education. This information has been used to make decisions about resource distribution both within and across national educational systems, but some of the most productive uses of TIMSS and PISA data by policymakers have been to create agendas for innovation and equity in national educational systems. The chapters in this volume will: discuss the uses of international achievement study results as a tool for national progress as well as an obstacle, provide recommendations for ways that international achievement data can be used in real-world policymaking situations, and also discuss what the future of international achievement studies holds.

The Impact of International Achievement Studies on National Education Policymaking 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Opportunities and Limitations of International Achievement Studies

Chapter 1. Monitoring the Quality of Education: Exploration of Concept, Methodology, and the Link Be

Introduction

Concept of quality of education

Assessments to measure the quality of education

Methodological issues in measuring quality of education

Impact of research on educational plan implementation

Weak Link Between Policy Suggestions and National Education Plans

Improving the communication and dissemination of assessment research results

Conclusion

Notes

References

Appendix. Fast-track initiative (FTI) country endorsement schedule (as of February 2009)

Chapter 2. Why Participate? Cross-National Assessments and Foreign Aid to Education

Introduction

Conceptual framework

Data and model specifications

Findings

Conclusion

Areas for further research

Notes

References

Chapter 3. Does Inequality Influence the Impact of Schools on Student Mathematics Achievement? A Com

Objectives

Conceptualizing inequality and its relationship with student achievement

Data and methods

Variables

Methods

Results

Discussion

Conclusion

Notes

References

Chapter 4. New Directions in National Education Policymaking: Student Career Plans in International

Introduction

Prior research and our theoretical framework

Theoretical framework and three levels of influences on students’ career plans

Hypotheses

Data, measurement, and methods

Results

Multivariate analyses

The relationship between inequality and career plans: A function of selectivityquest

Discussion

Note

References

Appendix. Details of measurement-country characteristics

Chapter 5. Analyzing Turkey’S Data from TIMSS 2007 to Investigate Regional Disparities in Eighth G

Introduction

Methodology

Data analysis

Results

Conclusions and policy implications

Notes

References

Part II: Comparative Contributionsof Internationalachievement Studies Toeducational Policymaking

Chapter 6. The Impact of Standardized Testing on Education Quality In Kyrgyzstan: The Case of the Pr

Introduction

Contextual background

Methodology

Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)

Kyrgyzstan’s participation in PISA 2006

PISA 2006 Results in Kyrgyzstan

The 2007 National Sample-Based Assessment

Impact of the PISA 2006 Results in Kyrgyzstan

Analysis and discussion

Conclusions

Notes

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 7. From Equity of Access to International Quality Standards for Curbing Corruption in Second

Introduction

Methodology and theoretical grounding

Section 1: Corrupt legacies and examinations

Section 2: Standardized examinations fighting corruption

Section 3: Moving from national equity to international quality

Conclusions and policy recommendations

Notes

References

Web Sources on Individual Countries

Chapter 8. A Comparative Analysis of Discourses on Equity in Education in the OECD and Norway

Introduction

Objectives

Theoretical framework

Modes of Inquiry

Evidence Sources

Description of the Networks

The Norwegian Education System

Analysis of Equity Discourses in the OECD and Norway

Centralization or Decentralizationquest

Standardization or Destandardizationquest

Specialization or Despecializationquest

Discussion: The OECD’s role in Norwegian policymaking

Note

References

Chapter 9. The Impact of International Achievement Studies on National Education Policymaking: The C

Introduction

International comparisons as a process of education and knowledge globalization

National and international assessments

International and national education assessments in Slovenia

Comparison as a ranking

Why do we need comparison at allquest

Knowledge globalization

Is local knowledge consequentially being reducedquest

Research objectives, methods, and modes of inquiry

Sample and instrument

Instrument

Results

Concrete impacts of international large-scale student assessments

Summarizing and additionally interpreting the results

Instead of conclusion

Notes

References

Chapter 10. Finland, PISA, and the Implications of International Achievement Studies on Education Po

Introduction

PISA

Criticisms of PISA

German PISA shock: an example of PISA’s impact on national education policy

Policy borrowing

Cases of policy borrowing

Cases of cross-national attraction

Finland, PISA, cross-national attraction, and policy borrowing

Reasons behind Finland’s PISA success

Borrowing from Finland

Influence on education policy

Conclusion

References

Part III: Critical Frameworks for Understanding the Impact of International Achievement Studies

Chapter 11. Why the Fireworks?: Theoretical Perspectives on the Explosion in International Assessmen

Introduction

Development, assessments, and participants

Theoretical frameworks

Definitions

Explanatory mechanisms, decision factors, related environmental factors

Case studies

Implications

References

Chapter 12. Standardized Tests an an Era of International Competition and Accountability

Introduction

The political past and present of standardized testing: Some highlights

The political past and present of standardized testing: Some highlights

Assessments to Measure the Quality of Education

Standardized tests and teachers

Standardized tests and learners

Whose knowledge is of most worthquest A call for collaboration and rethinking curricula and assessme

Methodological Issues in Measuring Quality of Education

Beyond the zero percent achievement

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