Finding Local Use in International Large-Scale Assessments

• In Event: Special Topics in Large-Scale Assessment: Large Scale Assessment SIG

Abstract

Although the growing presence and importance of international assessments is clear at the macro level, the impact and usefulness of international comparative assessments at the school level is less clear. The limited usefulness at the school level is attributable, in part, to the peculiarities of international assessment study designs and the restrictions that this sort of design places on deriving inferences at micro-levels. To that end, we propose an approach to reporting ILSA results that can make use of low-stakes, summative assessments to develop targeted, formative assessments for learning. Using readily available information and fairly straightforward methods, we present an example using U.S. TIMSS 2007 results. Extensions to the international context are also presented.

Authors

• Leslie Rutkowski, Indiana University

• David Joseph Rutkowski, Indiana University

• Laura Christine Engel, The George Washington University