Assessment Background: What PISA Measures and How

This chapter provides a short description of what the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) measures and how it measures it. First, it details the concepts associated with the measurement of student performance and the concepts associated with capturing student and school characteristics and explains how they compare with some other International Large-Scale Assessments(ILSA). Second, it provides information on the assessment of reading, the main domain in PISA 2018. Third, it provides information on the technical aspects of the measurements in PISA. Lastly, it offers speciﬁc examples of PISA 2018 cognitive items, corresponding domains (mathematics, science, and reading), and related performance levels.

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Nuno Crato

ISEG, University of Lisbon – Statistics – Education

Assessment Background: What PISA Measures and How

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