International surveys of educational achievement: how robust are the findings?

International surveys of educational achievement and functional literacy are increasingly common. We consider two aspects of the robustness of their results. First, we compare results from four surveys: TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS and IALS. This contrasts with the standard approach which is to analyse just o...

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Main Authors: Brown, Georgina (Author), Micklewright, John (Author), Schnepf, Sylke V. (Author), Waldmann, Robert (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2007-07.
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