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How well do you need to know it to use it?

Tyumeneva, Yulia; Valdman, Alena; Carnoy, Martin - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

knowledge transfer to out-of-subject contexts. We use data from TIMSS mathematics (8 grade) and PISA mathematics to evaluate the …. Building off previous discussions of TIMSS and PISA test differences, we consider TIMSS performance as the mastery level of … included 4,241 Russian students who took part in both the TIMSS 2011 and PISA 2012 cycles. In our study, we first divide the …

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Teacher Characteristics and Student Achievements in TIMSS. Findings Gained from Applying the "First-Difference" Method to TIMSS-2007 Data

Khavenson, Tatiana; Tyumeneva, Yulia - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012

and overcome the limits of the TIMSS' correlational design, we have employed the first-difference method. Teachers …

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Is Brazilian Education Improving? A Comparative Foray Using Pisa And Saeb Brazil Test Scores

Carnoy, Martin; Khavenson, Tatiana; Costa, Leandro; … - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

We use a national Brazilian test (SAEB) and an international test (PISA) to measure whether Brazilian students 13 …. We find that Brazilian students have made test score gains during this period on the PISA, but much less so on the SAEB …. Gains on the PISA test for advantaged Brazilian students are smaller than among disadvantaged students. This is also the …

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The Effectiveness Of Vocational Versus General Secondary Education: Evidence From Pisa 2012 For Countries With Early Trackin

Kuzmina, Julia; Carnoy, Martin - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2015

, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD’s) Program of International Student Assessment (PISA …

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Friendship And Study Assistance Ties Of University Students

Poldin, Oleg; Valeeva, Diliara; Yudkevich, Maria - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

We analyze the characteristics of the social networks of students studying in the economics department in one Russian university. We focus on student friendship and study assistance ties and demonstrate how these networks are connected with the individual characteristics of students and their...

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Which teaching practices improve student performance on high-stakes exams? Evidence from Russia

Zakharov, Andrey; Carnoy, Martin; Loyalka, Prashant - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

This study examines the relationship between teaching practices aimed at raising student performance on a high stakes college entrance examination—the Russian Unified State Exam (USE) — and student performance on that test. The study uses data from a school/classroom survey of almost 3,000...

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How social ties affect peer-group effects: a case of university students

Poldin, Oleg; Valeeva, Dilyara; Yudkevich, Maria - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

Among the key issues of peer effects estimation is the correct identification of relevant peers. In this study, we explore how the individual performance of university students is influenced by characteristics and achievements of peers from individual’s social network. The analysis uses data...

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