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We investigate the achievement impact of alternative uses of student assessments. Our dataset covers over 2 million students in 59 countries observed over 6 waves in the international PISA test 2000-2015. Our empirical model exploits the country panel dimension to investigate assessment reforms over time, taking out country and year fixed effects. The expansion of standardized external comparisons, both school-based and student-based, is associated with improvements in student achievement. The effect of school-based comparison is stronger in low-performing countries. By contrast, solely internal testing without external comparison and internal teacher monitoring including inspectorates do not affect student achievement.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 122

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Education: Government Policy ; National Government Expenditures and Education ; Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility ; Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design ; Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems
• Subject: student assessment ; testing ; accountability ; student achievement ; international ; pisa

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bergbauer, Annika B. ; Hanushek, Eric A. ; Woessmann, Ludger
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition
• (where): München und Berlin
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/185792
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET