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Prokic-Breuer, Tijana; Dronkers, Jaap – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012
This paper aims to explain the high scores of 15-year-old native pupils in The Netherlands and Flanders by comparing them with the scores of pupils in countries with the same highly stratified educational system: Wallonia, the German "Lander," the Swiss German cantons, and Austria. We use the data from the Programme for International…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Exit Examinations, Students, Foreign Countries
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Stubbe, Tobias C. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2011
The challenge inherent in cross-national research of providing instruments in different languages measuring the same construct is well known. But even instruments in a single language may be biased towards certain countries or regions due to local linguistic specificities. Consequently, it may be appropriate to use different versions of an…
Descriptors: Test Items, International Studies, Foreign Countries, German