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Book SynopsisIn November 2000, the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE) held a symposium to evaluate improvement in the quality of the methodologies used in international studies, and to identify the most pressing methodological issues that remain to be solved. This title includes papers prepared for this symposium.
Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 1. Progress and Challenges for Large-Scale Studies; 3 2. The Measurement of Student Achievement in International Studies; 4 3. Adapting Achievement Tests into Multiple Languages for International Assessments; 5 4. Sampling Issues in Design, Conduct, and Interpretation of International Comparative Studies of School Achievement; 6 5. Cultural-Cognitive Issues in Academic Achievement: New Directions for Cross-National Research; 7 6. Measuring Family Background in International Studies of Education: Conceptual Issues and Methodological Challenges; 8 7. Advancements in Conceptualizing and Analyzing Cultural Effects in Cross-National Studies of Educational Achievement; 9 8. The Measurement of Opportunity to Learn; 10 9. Statistical Issues in Analysis of International Comparisons of Educational Achievement; 11 10. Drawing Inferences for National Policy from Large-Scale Cross-National Education Surveys; 12 11. Large-Scale, Cross-National Surceys of Educational Achievement: Promises, Pitfalls, and Possibilities; 13 Appendix A: Symposium Agenda and Participants; 14 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Board Members; 15 Index
