Educational Achievement in English-Speaking Countries: Do Different Surveys Tell the Same Story?

40 Pages Posted: 7 Jul 2004

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John Micklewright

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

Sylke V. Schnepf

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

Date Written: June 2004

Abstract

International surveys of educational achievement are typically analysed in isolation from each other with no indication as to whether new results confirm or contradict those from earlier surveys. The paper pulls together results from four surveys to compare average levels of achievement, inequality of achievement, and the correlates of achievement (especially family background) among the six English-speaking OECD countries and between them and countries from Continental Europe. Our aim is to see whether a robust pattern emerges across the different sources: the Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS), the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA), the Programme of International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS).

Keywords: education, test scores, PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS, IALS

JEL Classification: I21, J24

Suggested Citation

Micklewright, John and Schnepf, Sylke V., Educational Achievement in English-Speaking Countries: Do Different Surveys Tell the Same Story? (June 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=562453 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.562453

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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Sylke V. Schnepf

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

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