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Title: A Validation of the Measurement of Socioeconomic Status in PISA

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2023

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Abstract: Socioeconomic status (SES) is a key covariate in analyses by the Programmed for International Student Assessment (PISA). In its technical documentation, PISA offers evidence for the Economic, Social, and Cultural Status instrument (ESCS) as a valid measure of SES. This dissertation, however, offers both conceptual and empirical arguments that ESCS does not meet the realist and pragmatic requirements set forth by modern measurement and validity theories. I further demonstrate how the adoption of non measurement models in ESCS has undermined the trustworthiness of PISA’s most recent headline findings. Finally, I offer guidance for improving the validity of SES measurement in future PISA cycles. Use was made of the computational facilities administered by the Center for Scientific Computing at the CNSI and MRL (an NSF MRSEC; DMR-1720256) and purchased through NSF CNS-1725797.

Url: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/42q1m98b

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Authors: Downey, Jonathan

Institution: University of California

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Publisher Location: Santa Barbara

Pages: 1-134

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Methodology and Data Collection

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