This paper investigates Italian student performances based on the 2009 edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a survey conducted by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in order to assess skills of 15-year-olds in schools with respect to reading, mathematical and scientific literacy. In particular, student outcomes are compared among different Italian regions, taking into account socio-economic background and school membership of students. The results show that, despite the existence of a unified educational system in Italy, regional differences are evident. However, taking the nested structure of data into account, it can be shown that the most part of the variability in student performances can be explained by differences at school level.
M. Matteucci, M. Pillati (2014). The Unity of Italy from the point of view of student performances: evidences from PISA 2009. Heidelberg : Springer International Publishing Switzerland [10.1007/978-3-319-05552-7_26].
The Unity of Italy from the point of view of student performances: evidences from PISA 2009
MATTEUCCI, MARIAGIULIA;PILLATI, MARILENA
2014
Abstract
This paper investigates Italian student performances based on the 2009 edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a survey conducted by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in order to assess skills of 15-year-olds in schools with respect to reading, mathematical and scientific literacy. In particular, student outcomes are compared among different Italian regions, taking into account socio-economic background and school membership of students. The results show that, despite the existence of a unified educational system in Italy, regional differences are evident. However, taking the nested structure of data into account, it can be shown that the most part of the variability in student performances can be explained by differences at school level.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
