PISA 2012

Tasks

Together with the TUM School of Education in Munich and the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education at Kiel University (Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik – IPN), DIPF published the national report for Germany. DIPF researchers were co-responsible for two of its chapters.

Furthermore, Professor Dr. Eckhard Klieme from DIPF chaired the international Questionnaire Expert Group commissioned by the OECD.

The DIPF unit Technology Based Assessment (TBA) conducted a national add-on study investigating the practicability of computer based assessment (CBA) in the context of PISA studies.

National project management lay with the Centre for International Student Assessment (Zentrum für Internationale Bildungsvergleichsstudien) and was led by the TUM School of Education.

Questionnaire Expert Group

Professor Dr. Eckhard Klieme acted as chairperson of the Questionnaire Expert Group for PISA 2012.

Further members were:

• Dr. Eduardo Backhoff, University of Baja California at the Institute of Educational Research and Development, Mexico
• Prof. Dr. Ying-yi Hong, Nanyang Business School of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Prof. Dr. David Kaplan, University of Wisconsin – Madison, United States
• Prof. Dr. Henry Levin, Columbia University, United States
• Prof. Dr. Jaap Scheerens, University of Twente, Netherlands
• Prof. Dr. William Schmidt, Michigan State University, United States
• Prof. Dr. Fons van de Vijver, Tilburg University, Netherlands

In addition to the standard tests, two optional tests could be employed in PISA 2012. These assessed the use of information and communication technology and the educational pathways of fifteen-year old students. They were developed by the Centre for Technology Based Assessment at DIPF, which thus contributed its expertise in the field of computer-based test methods to the study.

TBA Projects in the Context of PISA 2012

• Computer-Based, Adaptive and Behaviour-Related Assessment of Information and Communication-Related Competencies (ICT skills) in PISA
  In a cooperation project, an instrument for the computer-based, adaptive and behaviour-related assessment of ICT-skills of 15-year old students was developed.
  
  
• National PISA 2012 CBA Add-On Study
  In the PISA 2012 study, the knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds were assessed with computers for the first time. The study's objective was to investigate possible computer applicability particularly for assessing reading and mathematics comprehension skills. Computer-based testing is not only cost-effective and effort-saving, but also, compared to conventional pen and paper-based formats, computer-based assessment (CBA) allows new test designs and response types.

Publications

• Publications by DIPF researchers on PISA 2012 (2015)
• Publications by DIPF researchers on PISA 2012 (2014)
• Publications by DIPF researchers on PISA 2012 (2013)