How representative is the Swedish PISA sample? A comparison of PISA and register data

IF 2.8 3区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Educational Assessment Evaluation and Accountability Pub Date : 2024-07-06 DOI:10.1007/s11092-024-09438-5

Linda Borger, Stefan Johansson, Rolf Strietholt

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PISA aims to serve as a “global yardstick” for educational success, as measured by student performance. For comparisons to be meaningful across countries or over time, PISA samples must be representative of the population of 15-year-old students in each country. Exclusions and non-response can undermine this representativeness and potentially bias estimates of student performance. Unfortunately, testing the representativeness of PISA samples is typically infeasible due to unknown population parameters. To address this issue, we integrate PISA 2018 data with comprehensive Swedish registry data, which includes all students in Sweden. Utilizing various achievement measures, we find that the Swedish PISA sample significantly overestimates the achievement levels in Sweden. The observed difference equates to standardized effect sizes ranging from d = .19 to .28, corresponding to approximately 25 points on the PISA scale or an additional year of schooling. The paper concludes with a plea for more rigorous quality standards and their strict enforcement.

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瑞典国际学生评估项目（PISA）样本的代表性如何？PISA 与登记数据的比较

国际学生评估项目旨在作为衡量教育成功与否的 "全球尺度"，以学生的表现来衡量。为了使各国之间或不同时期的比较具有意义，PISA 的样本必须能够代表每个国家 15 岁的学生群体。排除和不响应会破坏这种代表性，并可能使对学生成绩的估计出现偏差。遗憾的是，由于人口参数未知，测试 PISA 样本的代表性通常是不可行的。为了解决这个问题，我们将 PISA 2018 数据与瑞典的综合登记数据相结合，其中包括瑞典的所有学生。利用各种成绩衡量标准，我们发现瑞典 PISA 样本大大高估了瑞典的成绩水平。观察到的差异相当于 d = 0.19 至 0.28 的标准化效应大小，相当于 PISA 量表上的约 25 分或额外一年的学校教育。本文最后呼吁制定更严格的质量标准并严格执行。

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Educational Assessment Evaluation and Accountability EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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