Implementation of large-scale education assessments / edited by Petra Lietz, John C. Cresswell, Keith F. Rust, Raymond J. Adams.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Implementation of large-scale education assessments -- Test design and objectives -- Test development -- Design, development and implementation of contextual questionnaires in large-scale assessments -- Sample design, weighting, and calculation of sampling variance -- Translation and cultural appropriateness of survey material in large scale assessments -- Quality assurance -- Processing responses to open-ended survey questions -- Computer-based delivery of cognitive assessment and questionnaires -- Data management procedures -- Test implementation in the field : the case of PASEC -- Test implementation in the field : the experience of Chile in international large scale assessments -- Why large scale assessments use scaling and item response theory -- Describing learning growth -- Scaling of questionnaire data in international large-scale assessments -- Database production for large-scale educational assessments -- Dissemination and reporting.

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