Introduction to special issue on quasi-causal methods
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Introduction to special issue on quasi-causal methods
Background Over the past 50 years, ILSAs have experienced marked development in terms of scope, participants, and sophistication. The first such study, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement’s Pilot Twelve Country Study was completed in 1961 and measured achievement in math, reading, geography, science, and so-called non-verbal ability (Forshay et al. 1962)....
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Large-scale Assessments in Education
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2196-0739
DOI: 10.1186/s40536-016-0023-5