ICCS status report

Wolfram SchulzInternational Study Centre

Data Management Seminar

Hamburg, July 2007

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HamburgJuly 2007

Status of country participation

• 38 countries have either confirmed or expressed interest

• Two regional modules– European module– Latin American module

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Outcomes of NRC meeting

• Review and discussion of proposed field trial instruments– Cognitive test– Student questionnaire (background and

perceptions)– Teacher questionnaire– School questionnaire

• Revision of timelines for Field Trial– data collection period until mid-December

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HamburgJuly 2007

Activities since NRC meeting - 1

• Revision of country feedback– discussion groups at Rome meeting– written comments from NRCs

• Final review and modifications at ISC and partner institutions

• Inclusion of questionnaire items suggested by countries

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HamburgJuly 2007

Activities since NRC meeting - 2

• Elaboration of manuals for field trial

• National adaptations forms for field trial instruments

• Modification, editing and proof-reading of final field trial instruments

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HamburgJuly 2007

Materials for field trial - 1

• Survey Operations Procedures Manual parts already sent to NRCs– Revised overview document (with updated

timelines)– Unit 1: Contacting schools, adaptation and

translation of instruments• Further releases:

– Unit 2 on within-school sampling and test administration (23 July 2007), includes school coordinator, test administrator and national quality monitor manual

– Unit 3 on on-line data collection, scoring and data entry (20 August 2007)

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HamburgJuly 2007

Materials for field trial - 2

• Annotated field trial instruments for translation already sent to NRCs– Cognitive test items (including scoring

guide)– Scoring guide for reference (pdf)– Student background questionnaire– Student perceptions questionnaire– Teacher questionnaire– School questionnaire– Covers for test and questionnaire

booklets

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HamburgJuly 2007

Materials for field trial - 3

• National Adaptation Forms– EXCEL file dispatched with field trial

instruments

• Assembly of final instruments (to be sent by 13 July)– Instructions for assembling student test

booklets and questionnaire forms– Test booklets and questionnaires in pdf

format

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HamburgJuly 2007

Regional instruments - 1

• Not yet available• European instrument is being

developed and should be finalised until end of July

• Latin American instrument is being elaborated and will be released end of August

• Special procedures required for inclusion in field trial

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HamburgJuly 2007

Regional instruments - 2

• European instrument requires translation– to be incorporated into translation and

layout verification– separate NAF

• Latin American instrument does not require translation– Spanish source version– separate NAF– to be incorporated into layout verification

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