PISA 2015 Reading Test Parameters Across Language Groups: A Measurement Invariance Study With Binary Variables

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Abstract

Large scale international assessments are helpful for countries to receive feedback on their education systems, and measurement invariance studies are one of the leading research areas for these assessments. Especially, cross-cultural and linguistic comparability has attracted attention. The purpose of our study is to investigate whether there is a measurement invariance problem across English speaking countries and other countries in the PISA-2015 reading test. Students from Canada, the USA, and the UK as the English group and students from Japan, Thailand, and Turkey as the non-English group were included in the study. Measurement invariance studies with the binary data for these two groups revealed that eight of the 28 items in the PISA-2015 reading skills test had substantial equivalence limitations.

Authors

• Pelin Bagdu Soyler, Turkish Ministry of National Education

• Hakan Atilgan, Ege University

• Burak Aydin, Ege University