PISA 2009 Technical Report

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PISA 2009 Technical Report (Preliminary version)

The PISA 2009 Technical Report describes the methodology underlying the PISA 2009 survey. It examines additional features related to the implementation of the project at a level of detail that allows researchers to understand and replicate its analyses. The reader will find a wealth of information on the test and sample design, methodologies used to analyse the data, technical features of the project and quality control mechanisms

Chapters

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Chapter 1: Programme for International Student Assessment: an overview
Chapter 2: Test design and test development
Chapter 3: The development of the PISA context questionnaires
Chapter 4: Sample design
Chapter 5: Translation and verification of the test and survey material
Chapter 6: Field operations
Chapter 7: Quality assurance
Chapter 8: Survey weighting and the calculation of sampling variance
Chapter 9: Scaling PISA cognitive data
Chapter 10: Data management procedures
Chapter 11: Sampling outcomes
Chapter 12: Scaling outcomes
Chapter 13: Coding reliability studies
Chapter 14: Data adjudication
Chapter 15: Proficiency scale construction
Chapter 16: Scaling procedures and construct validation of context questionnaire data
Chapter 17: Digital reading assessment
Chapter 18: International database

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Chapter 1: Programme for International Student Assessment: an overview
Chapter 2: Test design and test development
Chapter 4: Sample design
Chapter 5: Translation and verification of the test and survey material
Chapter 8: Survey weighting and the calculation of sampling variance
Chapter 11: Sampling outcomes
Chapter 12: Scaling outcomes
Chapter 13: Coding reliability studies
Chapter 15: Proficiency scale construction
Chapter 16: Scaling procedures and construct validation of context questionnaire data

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Chapter 2: Test design and test development
Chapter 3: The development of the PISA context questionnaires
Chapter 4: Sample design
Chapter 5: Translation and verification of the test and survey material
Chapter 6: Field operations
Chapter 9: Scaling PISA cognitive data
Chapter 10: Data management procedures
Chapter 12: Scaling outcomes
Chapter 14: Data adjudication
Chapter 15: Proficiency scale construction
Chapter 16: Scaling procedures and construct validation of context questionnaire data

Appendices

Appendix 1: PISA 2009 main study item pool characteristics
Appendix 2: Contrast coding used in conditioning
Appendix 3: Design effect tables
Appendix 4: Changes to core questionnaire items from 2006 to 2009
Appendix 5: Mapping of ISCED to years
Appendix 6: National houshold possession items
Appendix 7: PISA 2009 technical standards
Appendix 8: PISA consortium, staff and consultants
Appendix 9: A selection of OECD PISA publications
Appendix 10: List of the OECD countries included in standardisation of major PISA scales
Appendix 11:OECD/PISA 2009 translation plan

Also available: PISA 2009 results

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