PIRLS 2006 Technical Report

Edited by Michael O. Martin, Ina V.S. Mullis, and Ann M. Kennedy (2007)., Chestnut Hill, MA: TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center, Boston College.

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• Front Matter
• Chapter 1:Overview of PIRLS 2006
• Chapter 2:Developing the PIRLS 2006 Reading Assessment and Scoring Guides
• Chapter 3:Developing the PIRLS 2006 Background Questionnaires
• Chapter 4:PIRLS 2006 Sample Design
• Chapter 5:Translation and Translation Verification of the PIRLS Reading Assessment and Questionnaires
• Chapter 6:PIRLS Survey Operations Procedures
• Chapter 7:Quality Assurance in the PIRLS 2006 Data Collection
• Chapter 8:Creating and Checking the PIRLS International Database
• Chapter 9:PIRLS 2006 Sampling Weights and Participation Rates
• Chapter 10:Item Analysis and Review
• Chapter 11:Scaling the PIRLS 2006 Reading Assessment Data
• Chapter 12:Reporting Student Achievement in Reading
• Chapter 13:Reporting PIRLS 2006 Questionnaire Data
• Appendix A:Acknowledgements
• Appendix B:Characteristics of National Samples
• Appendix C:Country Adaptations to Items and Item Scoring
• Appendix D:Parameters for IRT Analysis of PIRLS Achievement Data