Assessing Contexts of Learning

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This volume integrates educational effectiveness research with international large-scale assessments, highlighting how these fields can enhance each other. It offers direct links to instruments proven effective in over 70 countries. The initial chapters summarize recent advancements in conceptualizing, implementing, and evaluating international assessments while exploring future possibilities. Three thematic sections—“Student Background,” “Outcomes of Education Beyond Achievement,” and “Learning in Schools”—feature chapters that provide conceptual frameworks linking educational effectiveness research to current policy and practice issues. These frameworks aid in developing relevant indicators for meaningful reporting from international assessments and cross-cultural studies. Using the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2015) as a case study, the volume connects theoretical considerations with practical questionnaire materials evaluated for students, parents, teachers, and principals. The book aims to inform readers about the interaction between educational effectiveness research and international assessments, identify opportunities for collaboration, provide theoretical frameworks for future research, and relate these discussions to currently available materials for future assessments.