Conditioning: How Background Variables Can Influence PISA Scores

Autor/inn/en	Zieger, Laura Raffaella; Jerrim, J.; Anders, J.; Shure, N.
Titel	Conditioning: How Background Variables Can Influence PISA Scores
Quelle	In: Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 29 (2022) 6, S.632-652 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jerrim, J.) ORCID (Anders, J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0969-594X
DOI	10.1080/0969594X.2022.2118665
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Achievement Tests; International Assessment; Secondary School Students; Item Response Theory; Academic Achievement; Scores; Cross Cultural Studies; Models; Background; Mathematics Skills; Reading Skills; Scientific Literacy; Student Characteristics; Conditioning; Error of Measurement; Scaling; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Sekundarschüler; Item-Response-Theorie; Schulleistung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Analogiemodell; Hintergrundinformation; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Messfehler; Scale construction; Skalenkonstruktion
Abstract	The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has become one of the key studies for evidence-based education policymaking across the globe. PISA has however received a lot of methodological criticism, including how the test scores are created. The aim of this paper is to investigate the so-called 'conditioning model', where background variables are used to derive student achievement scores, and the impact it has upon the PISA results. This includes varying the background variables used within the conditioning model and analysing its impact upon countries relatively positions in the PISA rankings. Our key finding is that the exact specification of the conditioning model matters; cross-country comparisons of PISA scores can change depending upon the statistical methodology used. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01