Table of Contents
1 On the Growing Importance of International Large-Scale
Assessments ����������������������������������������� 1
Irwin Kirsch, Marylou Lennon, Matthias von Davier,
Eugenio Gonzalez and Kentaro Yamamoto
2 International Large-Scale Assessments as Change Agents �������������������� 13
Jo Ritzen
3 Technologies in Large-Scale Assessments: New Directions,
Challenges, and Opportunities ���������������������������������25
Michal Beller
4 The Role of International Assessments of Cognitive Skills
in the Analysis of Growth and Development �������������������������� 47
Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann
5 The Utility and Need for Incorporating Noncognitive Skills
Into Large-Scale Educational Assessments �������������������������67
Henry M. Levin
6 The Contributions of International Large-Scale Studies
in Civic Education and Engagement ���������������������������� 87
Judith Torney-Purta and Jo-Ann Amadeo
7 The Role of Large-Scale Assessments in Research
on Educational Effectiveness and School Development ��������������������� 115
Eckhard Klieme
8 Prospects for the Future: A Framework and Discussion
of Directions for the Next Generation of International
Large-Scale Assessments �������������������������������� 149
Henry Braun