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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Exploration of Direct and Indirect Associations of System-Level Policy-Amenable Variables with Reading Literacy Performance
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Scheerens, Jaap; Luyten, Hans; van den Berg, Stéphanie M.; Glas, Cees A. W. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2015
As expectations of the economic impact of educational attainment are soaring (Hanushek & Woessmann, 2009) and conjectures about successful national educational reforms (Mourshed, Chijioke, & Barber, 2010) are welcomed by educational policy-makers in many countries, a careful assessment of the empirical evidence for these kinds of claims is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment, Educational Change, Comparative Education
School-Based Assessments in High-Stakes Examinations in Bhutan: A Question of Trust? Exploring Inconsistencies between External Exam Scores, School-Based Assessments, Detailed Teacher Ratings, and Student Self-Ratings
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Luyten, Hans; Dolkar, Dechen – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2010
This study explores the validity of school-based assessments when they serve to supplement scores on central tests in high-stakes examinations. The school-based continuous assessment (CA) marks are compared to the marks scored on the central written Bhutan Certificate of Secondary Education (BCSE) examination, to detailed teacher ratings of…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, National Competency Tests, Student Evaluation, Comparative Analysis
Cognitive Development in Dutch Primary Education, the Impact of Individual Background and Classroom Composition
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Luyten, Hans; Schildkamp, Kim; Folmer, Elvira – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2009
A sample of 815 Dutch pupils from 49 classes was followed from age 6 (Dutch Grade 3) through age 11 (Grade 7) to estimate growth trajectories for pupils with different socio-ethnic backgrounds. The results indicate that the disadvantage for spelling already present in Grade 3 increases more strongly for Dutch low-socioeconomic status (SES) pupils…
Descriptors: Spelling, Mathematics Achievement, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries
School Effectiveness and Student Achievement, Consistent across Subjects? Evidence from Dutch Elementary and Secondary Education.
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Luyten, Hans – Educational Research and Evaluation (An International Journal on Theory and Practice), 1998
Compares elementary and secondary schools in the Netherlands with respect to the consistency of achievement scores across subjects at individual and school levels. The analysis shows less consistency at the student level within schools. At the school level, consistency appears lower in secondary education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education