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  PIRLS 2001 Trends Report
     
  PIRLS 2001 Technical Report
     
  PIRLS 2001 User Guide
     
  PIRLS 2001 Frameworks
     
  PIRLS 2001 Processes of Reading Comprehension
     
   

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  PIRLS 2001 Technical Report, Martin, M.O., Mullis, I.V.S., & Kennedy, A.M. (Eds.) (2003), Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College.
Describes the instrument development, data-collection procedures, and analytic methods used in PIRLS 2001 and the trend study.
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Chapter 1   Overview of PIRLS
Dana L. Kelly
 
 96KB
 
Chapter 2   Developing the PIRLS Reading Assessment
Marian Sainsbury and Jay Campbell
 
 96KB
 
Chapter 3   Developing the PIRLS Background Questionnaires
Dana L. Kelly
 
96KB
 
Chapter 4   Translating the PIRLS Reading Assessment and Questionnaires
Dana L. Kelly and Barbara Malak
 
  128KB
 
Chapter 5   PIRLS Sampling Design
Pierre Foy and Marc Joncas
 
187KB
 
Chapter 6   PIRLS Survey Operations Procedures
Eugenio J. Gonzalez, Dirk Hastedt, and Ann M. Kennedy
 
  96KB
 
Chapter 7   Quality Control in the PIRLS Data Collection
Eugenio J. Gonzalez and Ann M. Kennedy
 
  128KB
 
Chapter 8   Creating and Checking the PIRLS Database
Ursula Itzlinger and Knut Schwippert
 
  64KB
 
Chapter 9   PIRLS Sampling Weights and Participation Rates
Marc Joncas
 
 128KB
 
Chapter 10   Item Analysis and Review
Ina V.S. Mullis, Michael O. Martin, and Ann M. Kennedy
 
160KB
 
Chapter 11   Scaling the PIRLS Reading Assessment Data
Eugenio J. Gonzalez
 
192KB
 
Chapter 12   Statistical Analysis and Reporting of the PIRLS Data
Eugenio J. Gonzalez and Ann M. Kennedy
 
 192KB
 
Appendix A   Acknowledgments  
64KB
 
Appendix B   Sample Implementation  
 128KB
 
Appendix C   Country Adaptations to Items and Item Scoring  
  32KB
 
Appendix D   Parameters for IRT Analyses of PIRLS Achievement Data  
64KB
 

 

 
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