Timo Bechger|Erik van Schooten|Kees de Glopper|Joop Hox
The validity of international surveys of reading literacy: The case of the IEA reading literacy study
Cito (Netherlands)|University of Amsterdam|University of Amsterdam|University of Amsterdam
last twenty years interest international comparative surveys educational achievement increased seen number studies participating nations number participating countries increases range cultural differences becomes larger becomes increasingly difficult obtain internationally comparable data especially longer possible use questionnaire group article describes requirements measures reading literacy must meet comparable across nations conditions affect usefulness international comparisons discussing methodological problems comparative surveys section 4 5 discuss definition reading literacy section 2 possible reasons comparative educational research become popular section 3 section 6 8 consider conditions affect comparability measurements reading literacy detail final sections summarize findings illustration consider international comparative study recently conducted international association evaluation educational achievement iea results study reported detail elley 1992 1994 postlethwaite ross 1992 lundberg linnakyki 1993 wagemaker et al 1996 iea 1995 us department education 1995 refer less detail zntemationae adult literacy study ials conducted autumn 1994 organisation economic cooperation development oecd results study published oecd 1995 1996