Arbeitspapier

Sample selectivity and the validity of international student achievement tests in economic research

Critics of international student comparisons argue that results may be influenced by differences in the extent to which countries adequately sample their entire student populations. In this research note, we show that larger exclusion and non-response rates are related to better country average scores on international tests, as are larger enrollment rates for the relevant age group. However, accounting for sample selectivity does not alter existing research findings that tested academic achievement can account for a majority of international differences in economic growth and that institutional features of school systems have important effects on international differences in student achievement.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4926

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
Education and Research Institutions: General
Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
Thema
Sample selection
international student achievement tests
economic growth
educational production
Bildungsniveau
Benchmarking
Stichprobenverfahren
Statistischer Test
Bildungsökonomik
Bildungsforschung
Welt

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hanushek, Eric Alan
Woessmann, Ludger
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2010

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hanushek, Eric Alan
  • Woessmann, Ludger
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2010

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