Large-scale assessments and educational policies in Italy

Damiani, Valeria

doi:10.1080/02671522.2016.1225354

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“…The findings are consistent with the existing scientific literature in the field of school effectiveness and educational performance, as they confirm that the ESCS is the variable that best predicts academic success. The influence of ESCS has been confirmed in studies carried out with large-scale evaluations, such as PISA, both in a national context [10,16] and at the international level [2,7,9,[11][12][13][14][15]19]. However, this contribution to the existing body of knowledge has demonstrated that high expectations of families may be a protective factor for students with low ESCS.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…Numerous studies indicate that the ESCS [2,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15], the location of the centre [13,16], the parents' attendance at university [11] and the number of books at home [17] have a decisive influence on the level of performance achieved by students in large-scale assessments. It is likely that the cultural level of the families influences the value of the education and educational opportunities offered [14,18,19].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Influence of Contextual Variables on Educational Performance: A Study Using Hierarchical Segmentation Trees

2020

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The general objective of this study is to explore the relationship between students’ contextual characteristics and their performance in mathematical reasoning (MR) and linguistic comprehension (LC) skills. The census data from the ESCALA (EScritura, CAlculo y Lectura en Andalucía) tests developed by Agencia Andaluza de Evaluación Educativa (AGAEVE) in 2017 were used. These tests are carried out in the second year of primary school in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia (Spain). These data have been analysed through the data mining technique known as segmentation trees, using the CRT (Classification and regression trees) algorithm for each of the skills. This has allowed the detection of the high influence of social and cultural status (ESCS) and familial expectations regarding academic performance in both tests. In addition, it allows us to point out that there are different interactions between contextual characteristics and their relationship to performance in MR and LC. These results have made it possible to establish groups of students who may be at risk of not reaching the minimum required levels. Some characteristics of at-risk students are low ESCS, low family expectations or being born in the last six months of the year. The detection of at-risk profiles could contribute to the optimisation of the performance of these groups by creating specific plans.

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confidence: 82%

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Influence of Contextual Variables on Educational Performance: A Study Using Hierarchical Segmentation Trees

2020

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“…In this way, diagnostic assessments could serve both to identify schools with high added value and those that need intervention. However, the results of educational research have little impact on educational policies (Damiani, 2016;Fischman, Topper, Silova, Goebel & Holloway, 2018;Tobin, Nugroho & Lietz, 2016) and on some occasions, the purpose of diagnostic evaluations is not clear (Thessin, 2015), which makes it necessary to put into value the results of educational science for school improvement, given that their consequences have an impact on society (Hanushek & Woessmann, 2020).…”

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What is Published in Impact Journals on School Effectiveness? A Systematic Review of Research Results and Methods

García-Jiménez

Gordillo

Rodríguez-Santero

2020

PED

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A systematic review of 45 articles on school effectiveness (SE) indexed in SJR and JCR (2014–2018) has been conducted. The results obtained show that the quantitative methodology catalyses the greatest number of researches. The articles are mainly published in Q1-Q2 journals with impact factor. The content of the articles reviewed found that, although exist contextual factors that affect the SE, the variables at the school level also have an impact.

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“…Since its publication, the results of the PISA study have influenced the design of the education systems of the participating countries. For example, Ho (2016) shows how the insights resulting from PISA were used in Hong Kong, Damiani (2016) in Italy, and Ababneh et al (2016) in Jordan. Tobin et al (2016) provide a world wide overview of how large-scale educational assessments influence education policy and most studies find significant effects of secondary education on the economic development of countries (Aduand and Denkyirah, 2017;Karatheodoros, 2017).…”

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PISA Performance of Natives and Immigrants: Selection versus Efficiency

Behr

Fugger

2020

Open Education Studies

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AbstractIn most countries, immigrant and native students perform differently in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) due to two main reasons: different immigration regimes and differences in their home-country educational systems. While there is sophisticated literature on the reasons for these performance gaps, it is barely considered in the educational efficiency research. Our approach distinguishes between selection effects caused by immigration policies, and the efficiency of educational systems in integrating immigrant students, given their socio–economic background. Accordingly, we split our sample, which consists of 153,374 students in 20 countries, calculate various different efficient frontiers, and ultimately decompose and interpret the resulting efficiency values. We find large differences in educational system efficiency, when controlling for negative selection effects caused by immigration regimes.

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Large-scale assessments and educational policies in Italy

Cited by 12 publications

References 5 publications

Influence of Contextual Variables on Educational Performance: A Study Using Hierarchical Segmentation Trees

Influence of Contextual Variables on Educational Performance: A Study Using Hierarchical Segmentation Trees

What is Published in Impact Journals on School Effectiveness? A Systematic Review of Research Results and Methods

PISA Performance of Natives and Immigrants: Selection versus Efficiency

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