Student Achievement: MCAS and International Exams. White Paper No. 275

Authors: Ken Ardon, Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research

Source: Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research. 2024.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 22

Descriptors: Accuracy, Test Reliability, Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Science Tests, Science Achievement, Student Evaluation, School Effectiveness, Educational Quality

Geographic Terms: Massachusetts

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, Program for International Student Assessment, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

The Double-Edged Sword Effect of Reading Self-Concept on Math Achievement: Additional Insights for Making Dimensional Comparisons

Authors: Yuyang Cai (ORCID 0000-0002-0320-4602), Liping Zhu (ORCID 0000-0002-3562-0707), Yan Yang (ORCID 0000-0003-0016-8914)

Source: Psychology in the Schools. 2025 62(2):631-645.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 15

Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Self Concept, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment

Where Nonresponse Is at Its Loudest: Cross-Country and Individual Differences in Item Nonresponse across the PISA 2018 Student Questionnaire

Authors: Kseniia Marcq (ORCID 0000-0001-8215-0667), Johan Braeken (ORCID 0000-0002-2119-3222)

Source: International Journal of Testing. 2025 25(1):1-28.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 28

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, International Assessment, Cross Cultural Studies, Individual Differences, Item Response Theory, Trend Analysis, Student Behavior, Cultural Influences, Student Characteristics

Geographic Terms: Asia, South America, North America, Europe, Australia, Africa

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment

Proposal for Modifying Procedures for Declaring Significant Trends in TIMSS

Authors: Henry Isaiah Braun, Matthias von Davier, Jihang Chen

Source: Large-scale Assessments in Education. 2025 13.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 19

Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Science Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Science Tests, Scores, Measurement Techniques, Evaluation Criteria

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

Factors Associated with STEM Career Expectations of Greek 15-Year-Old Students

Authors: Marianna Pagkratidou (ORCID 0000-0002-0161-1554), Michalis P. Michaelides (ORCID 0000-0001-6314-3680), Vasiliki Pitsia (ORCID 0000-0002-8172-0397), Anastasios Karakolidis (ORCID 0000-0002-7460-7759)

Source: Journal for STEM Education Research. 2025 8(1):59-87.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 29

Descriptors: STEM Careers, Occupational Aspiration, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Student Educational Objectives, Data Analysis, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Expectation, Work Life Expectancy, Science Achievement, Student Interests, Influences, Health Occupations

Geographic Terms: Greece

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment

Evaluating Measurement Invariance of Students' Practices Regarding Online Information Questionnaire in PISA 2022: A Comparative Study Using MGCFA and Alignment Method

Authors: Esra Sözer Boz (ORCID 0000-0002-4672-5264)

Source: Education and Information Technologies. 2025 30(1):1219-1237.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 19

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Comparative Education, Error of Measurement, Testing Problems, Factor Analysis, Test Validity, Accuracy, Test Reliability

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment

Understanding the Private-Public School Performance Gap in PISA: Evidence from Portugal

Authors: Ricardo Colaço, Pedro Freitas, Luis Catela Nunes, Ana Balcão Reis

Source: Large-scale Assessments in Education. 2025 13.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 21

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Private Schools, Public Schools, Demography, Achievement Gap, Grades (Scholastic), Sample Size, Error Patterns, Scores

Geographic Terms: Portugal

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment

School Belonging and Students' Math Achievement among Secondary Students: The Role of Math Attitude and Disorderly Behavior

Authors: Ying Liu, Jinyan Huang (ORCID 0000-0003-1641-6580)

Source: Psychology in the Schools. 2025 62(1):167-184.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 18

Descriptors: Sense of Community, Student School Relationship, Mathematics Achievement, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Learner Engagement, Self Concept, Values, Gender Differences, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Tests, International Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Tests, Science Achievement

Geographic Terms: Japan, South Korea, United States

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

How Important Are Teacher Characteristics to Predict Mathematics Achievement in European Countries?

Authors: Musa Sadak (ORCID 0000-0001-6036-1279)

Source: European Educational Research Journal. 2025 24(1):3-29.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 27

Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Science Achievement, Mathematics Tests, International Assessment, Science Tests, Grade 8, Teacher Effectiveness, Middle School Teachers

Geographic Terms: Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, European Union

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

Syncretic Literacy Practices among Arab Heritage Students in Denmark

Authors: Ulla Lundqvist (ORCID 0000-0001-5418-8158), Isil Erduyan (ORCID 0000-0002-0542-3788)

Source: Language and Education. 2025 39(1):111-131.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 21

Descriptors: Arabs, Urban Areas, Self Concept, Literacy Education, Multilingualism, Language Minorities, Religious Factors, Photography, Immigrants, Cultural Background, Ethnography, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Indo European Languages, Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, Arabic, Elementary School Students, Islam, Muslims, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students

Geographic Terms: Denmark

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment

The Influence of the Programme for International Student Assessment on Educational Governance Situated in the Institutional Setting of South Korea

Authors: Yong Kim, Tae-Hee Choi (ORCID 0000-0001-8840-4082)

Source: Policy Futures in Education. 2025 23(1):31-47.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 17

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Educational Policy, Cultural Context, Governance, Political Attitudes

Geographic Terms: South Korea

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment

Report on the Condition of Education 2024. NCES 2024-144

Authors: Véronique Irwin, Ke Wang, Julie Jung, Tabitha Tezil, Sara Alhassani, Alison Filbey, Rita Dilig, Farrah Bullock Mann, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (ED/IES), American Institutes for Research (AIR)

Source: National Center for Education Statistics. 2024.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 53

Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Career Education, Technical Education, Family Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Educational Attainment, Outcomes of Education, International Assessment, Academic Achievement

IES Funded: Yes

IES Publication: https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2024144

Bridging the SEL CASEL Framework with European Educational Policies and Assessment Approaches

Authors: Valeria Cavioni, Luisa Broli, Ilaria Grazzani

Source: International Journal of Emotional Education. 2024 16(1):6-25.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 20

Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Guidelines, Educational Policy, Cross Cultural Studies, Health Promotion, International Organizations, Program Descriptions, Policy Analysis, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries, Educational Principles, Health Services, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Rating Scales, Interpersonal Competence, Evaluation Methods, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Well Being, Reliability

Geographic Terms: Europe

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment, Social Skills Improvement Rating Systems

PIRLS 2021: National Report for England. Research Report

Authors: Ariel Lindorff, Jamie Stiff, Heather Kayton, Department for Education (DfE) (United Kingdom)

Source: UK Department for Education. 2024.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 189

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Grade 4, International Assessment, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Literacy, Reading Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Benchmarking, Phonics, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Racial Differences, Ethnic Groups, English Language Learners, Socioeconomic Background, Reading Motivation, Parent Participation, COVID-19, Pandemics

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England), Norway

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

Integrating the Key Competencies of International Large-Scale Assessment (ILSA) into the Teacher-Education Curriculum in the Philippines

Authors: Allen A. Espinosa, Ma Arsenia C. Gomez, Praksis A. Miranda, Adonis P. David, Heidi C. Macahilig, Allan S. Reyes, Leah Amor S. Cortez, Brando C. Palomar, Jayson L. de Vera, Marvin C. Patal, Mark Ponce C. San Juan

Source: Journal of Teaching and Learning. 2024 18(2):173-193.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 21

Descriptors: International Assessment, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Education, Outcome Based Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Preservice Teachers

Geographic Terms: Philippines

What Does Science Tell Us about Teaching Reading?

Authors: Charles Temple

Source: Journal of Educational Sciences. 2024 25(2):123-138.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 16

Descriptors: Early Reading, Foreign Countries, Data, Literacy, Achievement Gap, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, Reading Skills, Reading Achievement, Social Status, Rural Urban Differences, Social Mobility, Poverty, Emergent Literacy, Story Grammar, Word Recognition, Phonemic Awareness, Alphabets, Romance Languages, Spelling, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence

Geographic Terms: Romania

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment

Decolonising Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): The Case of The German Conceptual Framework for Secondary Schools

Authors: Subin Nijhawan (ORCID 0000-0002-0359-6810)

Source: Journal of Social Science Education. 2024 23(4).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 22

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decolonization, Secondary Schools, Sustainable Development, Barriers, Educational Practices, Global Approach, Expertise, Educational Change, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment, Competency Based Education, Climate, Justice

Geographic Terms: Germany

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment

Examination of Differential Item Functioning in PISA through Univariate and Multivariate Matching Differential Item Functioning

Authors: Ahmet Yildirim (ORCID 0000-0002-0856-9678), Nizamettin Koç (ORCID 0000-0001-5412-0727)

Source: International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education. 2024 11(4):774-786.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 13

Descriptors: Test Items, Item Analysis, Correlation, Error of Measurement, Cross Cultural Studies, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment, Foreign Countries, Scores, Reading Tests, Multivariate Analysis

Geographic Terms: Turkey, United States, France

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment

Cross-National Comparison of the Relative Size of Lower-Tail and Upper-Tail SES Achievement Gaps

Authors: Yuko Nonoyama-Tarumi (ORCID 0000-0002-2336-9201), Sean F. Reardon (ORCID 0000-0002-0465-965X)

Source: AERA Open. 2024 10(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 15

Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Equal Education, International Assessment, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, Income, Comparative Education

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment

Investigation of the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Literacy in PISA Türkiye Data

Authors: Mehmet Can Demir (ORCID 0000-0001-7849-7078), Kübra Atalay-Kabasakal (ORCID 0000-0002-3580-5568), Murat Dogan Sahin (ORCID 0000-0002-2174-8443)

Source: Turkish Journal of Education. 2024 13(4):360-378.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 19

Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Scores, Correlation, Classification, Literacy, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Longitudinal Studies

Geographic Terms: Turkey

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Program for International Student Assessment