ICCS status report
Wolfram SchulzInternational Study Centre
Data Management Seminar
Hamburg, July 2007
ICCSDMS
HamburgJuly 2007
Status of country participation
• 38 countries have either confirmed or expressed interest
• Two regional modules– European module– Latin American module
ICCSDMS
HamburgJuly 2007
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
ICCSDMS
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
ICCSDMS
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
ICCSDMS
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)
ICCSDMS
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
ICCSDMS
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
ICCSDMS
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
ICCSDMS
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
ICCSDMS
HamburgJuly 2007
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