Privte Tutoring, High Stakes Tests and Social Equilibrium

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Abstract

The present paper analyzes the influence of stakes on tests and examinations. It has revealed that when public schooling is poor or unsatisfactory, the stage at which students resort to private tutoring may affect TIMSS and PIRLS results. If tutoring starts at an early stage, TIMSS and PIRLS scores may be a by-product of the intensive preparation for high stakes examinations. If tutoring happens at a later stage, the results of TIMSS and PIRLS are low. Therefore, depending on the school grade at which high stakes examinations appear, in a number of countries, students increasingly resort to private tutoring to succeed at school, or at university or college entry examinations, hence, the influence on international projects can be vividly observed.

Author

• Mariam Orkodashvili, Vanderbilt University