Performance, Inclusion and Excellence: An Index of Educational Achievements for PISA

Authors

  • Antonio Villar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.43.2712

Abstract

Thispaperproposesanelementarymultidimensionalindexthatsummarizesthreerelevantaspectsoftheeducationalachievements,outofthedataprovidedbythePISAReports.Thethreeaspectsconsideredare:performance,inclusiveness,andexcellence,andwillbeapproximatedbytheaveragescoresandthedistributionofoutcomesinthedifferentlevelsofproficiency.TheIndexofEducationalAchievements(IEA)isthegeometricmeanofthenormalisedvaluesofthosethreevariables.Weanalysethedistributionofthevariablesthatapproachthosethreeaspectsandtheresultingindex,relativetothecorrespondingaveragetestscoresoftheOECDcountries.Thisindexprovidesamuchwiderdiscriminationpowerthanthemerecomparison

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Published

2017-02-15

How to Cite

Villar, A. (2017). Performance, Inclusion and Excellence: An Index of Educational Achievements for PISA. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.43.2712

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2017): Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal

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