Which Schools and Pupils Respond to Educational Achievement Surveys? A Focus on the English PISA Sample

28 Pages Posted: 6 Sep 2014

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Sylke V. Schnepf

University of Southampton - Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute (S3RI); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Gabriele B. Durrant

University of Southampton

John Micklewright

Institute of Education; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Abstract

Using logistic and multilevel logistic modelling we examine non-response at the school and pupil level to the important educational achievement survey Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for England. The analysis exploits unusually rich auxiliary information on all schools and pupils sampled for PISA whether responding or not, including data from two large-scale administrative sources on pupils' results in national public exams, which correlate highly with the PISA target variable. Results show that characteristics associated with non-response differ between the school and pupil levels. The findings have important implications for the survey design of education data.

Keywords: Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), survey design, data linkage, non-response, educational achievement survey

JEL Classification: I21, C83

Suggested Citation

Schnepf, Sylke V. and Durrant, Gabriele B. and Micklewright, John, Which Schools and Pupils Respond to Educational Achievement Surveys? A Focus on the English PISA Sample. IZA Discussion Paper No. 8411, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2492438 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2492438

Sylke V. Schnepf (Contact Author)

University of Southampton - Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute (S3RI) ( email )

Southampton SO17 1BJ
United Kingdom

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

Gabriele B. Durrant

University of Southampton

John Micklewright

Institute of Education ( email )

20 Bedford Way
London, WC1H 0AL
United Kingdom

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London
United Kingdom

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

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