Unless stated otherwise all publications are in Spanish

PIRLS 2006
Assessment Framework and Specifications

This publication is intended as a blueprint for IEA's 2006 assessment of reading literacy.
    Adapted from the widely-accepted PIRLS 2001 framework, the 2006 framework resulted from a collaborative process involving many individuals and groups -notably the PIRLS Reading Development Group (RDG) and the National Research Coordinators (NRCs) of the more than 40 countries participating in PIRLS.
    It describes the framework of reference and the design of the PIRLS 2006 assessment to students in the fourth grade of Primary Education. It also includes two of the text blocks used in the field test in 2005, together with the corresponding questions and scoring guides.
    The text in full of this publication is available only in PDF. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

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English version United States, 2006 - 119 p.

PISA 2003 - Data Analysis Manual
SPSS Users

This manual is a partial translation of the OECD publication PISA 2003 Data Analysis Manual SPSS® Users. This publication presents the basic statistical techniques used when setting up PISA 2003 databases. Together with this manual, a set of SPSS macros can be dowloaded. Their use is extensively commented in the manual.
    The appendices have not been translated. They include questionnaires' contents, data file and indexes or constructs descriptions and codebooks. All this can be found in the original manual pages, downloadable from OECD website at www.pisa.oecd.org.
    This manual includes 15 chapters. The first five are of theoretical nature and are devoted to an introduction to PISA, an introduction to the use of sample weights, and also replicate weights for an appropriate computation of standard errors, and a description of the Rasch model and the use of plausible values. Other following chapters are devoted to the computation of some statistics with the macros provided by the PISA technical Consortium. The ending chapters introduce the reader to multilevel analysis, quarter analysis and the concepts of relative and attributable risks.
    The text in full of this publication is available only in PDF. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

12 k Macros

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Madrid, 2006, 264 p.

PISA programme
Reading literacy items

This booklet is a compilation of the set of reading comprehension items from those used in the PISA 2000 assessment that the OECD has released for public inspection.
    It contains 45 items in units. Each unit includes an introduction about a real situation and one or several questions. This is the visible part during the assessment. It is also included for each item:
    (a) comprehension process or subscale (retrieving information, interpreting and reflecting and evaluating),
    (b) the correct answer when it is a multiple-choice item,
    (c) the marking criteria for the item, if this is an open-constructed response item,
    (d) a meta-description of the item including its difficulty --expressed in the PISA scale, with a mean of 500 score points and a standard deviation of 100 points
    (e) the percentages of correct answers of Spanish pupils and of OECD countries.
   The text in full of this publication is available only in PDF. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

 1290 k

 Madrid, 2005 - 63 p.

PISA programme
Examples of Science items

This booklet is a compilation of the set of science items used in the PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 assessment that the OECD has released for public inspection. 
    It includes 13 items. Each one contains the following parts:
    (a) the stem and options of the item --the visible part during the assessment--,
    (b) a meta-description of the item including its main characteristics,
    (c) the marking criteria for the item.
    Some items also contain:
   (d) the percentages of correct answers in OECD countries, in Spain and specifically in Castille and Leon, Catalonia and the Basque Country (territories which enlarged their sample and got a precise enough measure of their outcomes), and
    (e) other complementary information.
    The text in full of this publication is available only in PDF format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

1035 k

There is no printed publication - Madrid, 2005 - 60 p. - 21 x 29,7 cm

Spain's results in PISA 2000 assessment
Knowledge and skills of 15 years old students

This publication contains the National Report on Spanish students' results in PISA 2000 international evaluation study. The goal of this report is to complement and to deepen, with a perspective exclusively centred in Spain, into specific results that may be of greater interest.
    The report includes a presentation of the international study, a description of the Spanish results compared with those obtained by other countries and a detailed examination of the associated factors with student performance in reading, which was the major domain of assessment in PISA 2000. These factors are related with the student personal and familiar background and also with the school characteristics and educational processes. At the end, there is attempt to summarize the combined effect of all these factors in a global regression model and an approximation to the differential added value of public and private schools.
    The text in full of this publication is available only in PDF format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

 783 k

Madrid, 2005 - 123 p. - 21 x 27 cm

PISA 2003: Released Items
Matemathics and Problem solving

This booklet is a compilation of the set of matemathics and problem solving items used in the PISA 2003 assessment that the OECD has released for public inspection.
    It includes 39 mathematics and 19 problem solving items. Each one contains three different parts:
    (a) the stem and options of the item --the visible part during the assessment--,
    (b) a meta-description of the item including its difficulty --expressed in the PISA scale, with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100 points--, the percentages of correct answers in OECD countries, in Spain and specifically in Castille and Leon, Catalonia and the Basque Country (territories which enlarged their sample and got a precise enough measure of their outcomes), and
    (c) the marking criteria for the item.
    The text in full of this publication is available only in PDF format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

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Madrid, 2005 - 94 p. - 21 x 27 cm

Questions asked in PISA 2000
Reading, Mathematics, and Science

This booklet in Spanish is an extract of the printed publication A global view of an evaluation model: The PISA 2000 project, which is out of print at present.
    It contains the full set of items and units that OECD has released to the public from those used in the PISA 2000 assessment, and includes 11 units of reading, 5 of mathematics and 2 of science. Each item is also presented with its marking criteria and with its difficulty score and percentage of correct answers obtained by Spanish students.
    The text in full of this publication is available only in PDF format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

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There is no printed publication - Madrid, 2004 - 69 p. - 21 x 29,7 cm

PISA 2003 Assessment Frameworks
Mathematics, Reading, Science and Problem Solving Knowledge and Skills

This book in Spanish is a translation of OECD's book of the same title. It presents the conceptions and design of the 2003 cycle of the PISA evaluation, which is centered on Mathematics, with minor incursions on Reading, Science and Problem Solving.
    This contains the detail of the theoretical foundation and design of this assessment and it includes some examples of tasks and questions for the four subject matters mentioned above.
    PISA 2003 results have been already presented, in a short format, by OECD in its publication "Learning for Tomorrow's World - Summary of Results - PISA 2003" and by the Spanish Ministry of Education in "Summary of first results in Spain - PISA 2003 assessment". Both publications are available in Spanish in this web site.
    The text in full of this publication is available in PDF format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

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Madrid, 2004 - 196 p. - 21 x 26 cm

Summary of first results in Spain
PISA 2003 assessment

This is a booklet, in Spanish only, which presents some first results and brief analysis of Spanish students' achievement in PISA 2003.
    PISA is an international evaluation study in which 41 countries have participated, among them all 30 OECD countries. This study assesses 15 years old students' knowledge and skills in Mathematics mainly, but also in Reading, Science and the cross curricular area of Problem Solving.
    The first report of this study has been released by OECD on December 7th, 2004 and a summary in Spanish can be found in the publication "Aprender para el mundo de mañana - Resumen de resultados - PISA 2003". The full and summary reports can be found in English and French at www.pisa.oecd.org.
    The text in full of this publication is available in PDF format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

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Madrid, 2004 - 28 p. - 21 x 29,7 cm

Learning for Tomorrow's World
Summary of Results - PISA 2003

This publication in Spanish is the translated version of OECD's booklet "First Results from PISA 2003", which in turn is a summary of the complete first report of PISA 2003, published as "Learning for Tomorrow's World - First Results from PISA 2003".
    This complete and long report (475 pages) is available in OECD web site at www.pisa.oecd.org. All these reports have been released on December 7th, 2004.
    The text in full of this publication is available in PDF format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

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Madrid, 2004 - 44 p. - 21 x 29,7 cm

A global view of an evaluation model:
The PISA 2000 project

This publication contains two kinds of material. Firstly, some of the lectures given in a meeting about the OECD PISA 2000 study held in Madrid in November 2003. Secondly, the full set of public released items that were used in this international study.
    The lectures included are: "Features of the PISA study" by Ramón Pajares, "Algunas reflexiones sobre la evaluación de la lectura en el proyecto PISA" por Angel Sanz y "La evaluación de matemáticas en el proyecto PISA" por Luis Rico.
    The items used in PISA are presented in their original grouping as units (11 for Reading, 5 for Maths and 2 for Sciences). Each item is also presented with its marking criteria and with its difficulty score and percentage of correct answers obtained by Spanish students.
    The text in full of this publication is available in PDF format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

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Madrid, 2004 - 124 p. - 21 x 27 cm

TIMSS Assessment Frameworks and Specifications 2003

This publication is a traduction to Spanish, made by INCE, of the complete contents of the same publication made in English by the International Study Center of Boston College on behalf of the IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of the Educational Achievement).
    It covers the frameworks and the design of TIMSS 2003, an international comparative evaluation survey, which INCE is charged to administer in Spain. TIMSS assesses the student achievement of fourth and eighth grade students in mathematics and science. The text includes a full exposition of the assessed areas and domains and the details of the development and administration of student tests and of context questionnaires to be responded by students, teachers and principals.
    The text in full of this publication is available in PDF format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

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Madrid, 2002 - 108 p. - 21 x 29,7 cm

Knowledge and skills for life
First results from PISA 2000

Complete contents of the translation of PISA 2000 executive summary published by OECD. This is an abridged version, published in Spanish by INCE, of the first complete PISA 2000 report available.
    After a short presentation of the major ideas underlying the PISA project, it shows the main results in the domains of reading, mathematics and science literacy. It includes analyses of the outcomes broken down by gender, and some conclusions about the influence and importance of the cultural and socio-economic environment of the students and their families on educational achievement. There are also some indications about the school role and influence on student achievement in terms of both quality and equity in educational outcomes.
    The text in full of this publication is available in PDF format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

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Madrid, 2002 - 32 p. - 21 x 29,7 cm

Measuring Student Knowledge and Skills
The PISA 2000 Assessment of Reading, Mathematical and Scientific Literacy

Complete contents of the second volume in the PISA series Measuring Student Knowledge and Skills, published by OECD and issued in Spanish by INCE.
    It introduces the PISA approach to comparative assessment and describes the PISA 2000 assessment instruments in terms of the content that students need to acquire, the processes that need to be performed, and the contexts in which knowledge and skills are applied. Each of the assessment domains is illustrated with a range of sample items.
    The text in full of this publication is available in PDF format only. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

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Madrid, 2001 - 160 p. - 17 x 24 cm

Mediterranean Network. IBE
Evaluation of educational reforms
Meeting papers

Papers presented at the first working meeting of the Mediterranean Network of UNESCO's International Bureau of Education, which took place at INCE's premises in Madrid, in October 2000. The group decided to focus on one of the fields of common interest: the implementation of evaluation systems for supporting and steering changes in education. INCE's staff presented different working methods that could be employed in the group's work.
    The entire contents of this publication is available only in Spanish and in PDF format. To read it, the free program Adobe Acrobat Reader must be used, which can be downloaded for free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com.

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Madrid, 2001 - 69 p. - 15 x 22 cm

Measuring Student Knowledge and Skills
A new framework for assessment

Complete contents of an OECD publication related to the PISA Project issued in Spanish by INCE.
    This publication sets out the conceptual framework underlying the OECD/PISA assessments: it defines each domain to be assessed and explains what wil be assessed and how. It also describes the context and constraints within which the OECD/PISA assessments are placed.
    The text in full of this publication is available in PDF format only. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com, is required.

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Madrid, 2000 - 127 p. - 17 x 24 cm

Quality evaluation in school education
European pilot project

This report contains the Spanish results in a pilot projet of self-evaluation in schools under the European Union SOCRATES program. 101 schools from 18 countries have participated in the projet, among them 10 schools from Spain.
    The Spanish schools write about the areas chosen to self-evaluate themselves, the participation frameworks and the instruments used.
    The entire contents of this report is available only in PDF format. To read it, the free program Adobe Acrobat Reader must be used, which can be downloaded from www.adobe.es or www.adobe.com.

 471 k

Madrid, 1999 - 91 p. - 15 x 22 cm

Comparative evaluation of English as a foreign language
Spain, France, Sweden

Report written by INCE's staffers Guillermo Gil Escudero and Isabel Alabau Balcells. In this report selected results from an international evaluation study are presented. This study was the joint effort of three national evaluation agencies (France's DEP, Sweden's Skolverket and Spain's INCE). Its main goal was to collect and analyse 15 and 16 years-old students' achievement results in English and to examine the more common teaching and learning practices in the three countries, by surveying students and teachers.
     The entire contents (text and graphics) of this Report can be read on-line or downloaded in compressed format to be read later off-line.

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Madrid, 1997 - 57 p. - 21 x 29.7 cm

The OECD PISA Project

«El Proyecto Internacional para la Producción de Indicadores de Resultados Educativos de los Alumnos (Proyecto PISA) de la OCDE», is a paper written by Guillermo Gil Escudero, Head of the Department of Evaluation and Educational Programs at INCE. This paper introduces a new OECD projet aimed at obtaining regularly data on student achievement results in a number of countries, in order to build international comparable educational indicators.

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Spanish achievement in Science on TIMSS

An abridged on-line version of the report prepared and published by INCE staff about the achievement results attained by Spanish students at TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study). It includes a comparison with other selected countries results.
     This report only covers Science. It is the companion report of the TIMSS Maths report, listed below, and, like that one, it includes a selection of items from the achievement tests taken by students.

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Madrid, 1997 - 40 p. - 17 x 24 cm

Spanish achievement in Mathematics on TIMSS

An abridged on-line version of the report prepared and published by INCE staff about the achievement results attained by Spanish students at TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study). It includes a comparison with other selected countries results.
     This report only covers Mathematics and includes a selection of items from the achievement tests taken by students.

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Madrid, 1997 - 46 p. - 17 x 24 cm