Conference presentations and papers
Monday
Welcoming Speech by Pablo Zoido (OECD) and Manfred Prenzel (IPN, Kiel)
Content:
Keynote: "Learning about Learning from PISA: Possibilities and Challenges in the Case of Mathematics" Joan Ferrini-Mundy
Methodology:
Keynote "21st Century Measurement meets 21st Century Competencies?" Mark Wilson
Tuesday
Context:
Trends:
Keynote "Trends: Are they an outrageous fortune or a sea of troubles?" Raymond Adams
Symposia :
Mathematics Reading Migration and Ethnic Identity Computer-Delivered Assessment in PISA
Monday, Content, Room 1 
- Main factors explaining the differences in results between Chile and OECD & Latin American countries in the PISA 2006 – Reading test
- Institutional and socioeconomic factors influencing the reading engagement
- Comparative study of PISA and Polish State Exams
Monday, Content, Room 2
- Profiles of interest in science across the world
- The Role of Content and Context in PISA Interest Scales. A study of the embedded Interest Items in the PISA 2006 Science Assessment
- Comparison of Attitudes toward Science between Grade 9 and 10 Japanese Students by Using the PISA Questions and Its Implications on Science Teaching in Japan
-- with accompanying paper -- - What do I care about the environment? Results from PISA 2006 on 15-year-old students´ attitudes towards environmental issues
Monday, Content, Room 3
- 2006 Science: Everyday Explanations and student interest in biological evolution
- Scientific Literacy: 2 meanings that need distinguishing
- Interpreting French students´ difficulties in PISA science evaluation
- Strengths and Weaknesses of Dutch Students in Science Literacy and Their Attitude towards Science
Monday, Methodology, Room 1
- Advances in Multilevel Latent Variable Models for PISA Data
- The Relationship between Achievement and Self-concept: A cross-country investigation
- Modeling the reciprocal determinism of self-related beliefs and Achievement
- Effects of student reading proficiency on PISA mathematics items – A DIF study across Countries
Monday, Methodology, Room 2
- Sample Design Issues in PISA Mexico
- Student Nonresponse Weighting Adjustments in PISA
- Item Dependency in PISA
- Measuring Translation Error in PISA-2006 Translated Items: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Evidence in Support of a Multidimensional, Multidisciplinary Test Translation Review
- Hypothetical use of Multidimensional Adaptive Testing in PISA
Monday, Methodology, Room 3
- Are Icelandic boys really better on computerized tests than on conventional ones? Gender difference in CBAS
- An examination of the design and implementation logistics of electronic reading assessment in PISA 2009 study: The Macao experiences
- The cross-national validity of background measures in PISA
- Level and balance of PISA 2006 scores – with some applications in the framework of educational equity account
Monday, Poster Session
- Make it smart: Spanish students and ICT
- Access and Use of ICT and its relationship with performance in PISA. Iberoamerican counties in comparative perspective
- A diglossic account of the Qatari students proficiency in reading literacy in PISA
- Subject Specific Interest in Science and the Choice of Scientific and Technical Vocations
- Perspectives on Large scale Studies and students´ achievements in science (PELS)
- Issues in Linking the PISA Mathematics Framework and Tests to National Mathematics Curricula
- The Role of Pisa in United States Educational Reform
- Effect of family background on pupils` interest in educational and/or occupational career in science
- Applying the Theory of Test Translation Error in the Review of Test Translations in International Assessment Programs
Tuesday, Context, Room 1
- Governance, achievement and selectivity of schools. Austrian results of PISA 2006
- Knowledge and Policy. The use of a KRT (Knowledge-based Regulation Tool) in policy-making: the case of OECD´s PISA
- The Impact of the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
- PISA results and Changes in the Polish Educational System
- Does PISA speak for the comprehensive school?
Tuesday, Context, Room 2
- The Anatomy of Inequalities in Achievements: An International Investigation on the Effects of Stratification.
- Family income or knowledge? What does really matter for student achievement and progress?
- How can Chilean schools improve student Science learning?
- A Profile of High and Low Achievers in Ireland: Reading Literacy in PISA 2000, 2003 and 2006
- Information and communication technology (ICT) and learning. Study for Chile. PISA Results 2006
Tuesday, Context, Room 3
- Instruction time and performance Analyses of the importance of instruction time for competencies in science and mathematics based on Swiss PISA 2006 data
- Patterns of science teaching and learning in an international comparison
- Teacher Competence and Student Literacy – The COACTIV Study
- Educational Segregation and Educational Achievement. A comparative analysis of TIMSS and PISA data
- Predictors for students´ choice of science careers
Tuesday, Trends, Room 1
- Developmental Trends in Mathematical Competencies and Psychosocial Variables Across Grades 5 to 10: The PALMA Longitudinal Study
- Pathways to success: How knowledge and skills at age 15 shape future life outcomes
- Success Despite the Odds? Outcomes for low-performing students in Australia
Tuesday, Trends, Room 2
- Early tracking and student achievement growth
- The Role of Early Tracking in the Czech Education System. Findings from PISA and PISA related surveys
Tuesday, Trends, Room 3
- Review of PISA Test Design: Recommendations for Fostering Stability in Assessment Results
- Linking PISA competencies over three cycles – what about Mathematics and Science?
- An Investigation of Australian OECD PISA Trend Results
Tuesday, Symposium `Mathematics´
- Using mathematical competencies to predict item difficulty in PISA
- Item difficulty and item characteristics in PISA 2003 mathematics
- The PISA-Study in Germany: Differentiated assessment by enlarging the conceptual frames
Tuesday, Symposium `Reading´
- How can we predict difficulty in PISA reading items? The process of describing item difficulty
- Equivalence of Item Difficulties Across National Versions in PIRLS and PISA Reading Assessments
- Strategic reading in PISA like tasks
Tuesday, Symposium `Migration and ethnic identity´
- School-related competencies, motivation and educational aspirations of students with an immigrant background in Germany: In depth analyses of the German extended sample of PISA 2003
- Immigrant Student Investigation in PISA 2006: A Call for a More Nuanced Examination
- Integrating PISA with racial/cultural identity variables: A comparative analysis contextualizing disparate outcomes of public schooling in Canada
-- with accompanying paper --
Tuesday, Symposium `Computer-Delivered Assessment in PISA´
- Chair: Raymond Adams
- Benefits & Challenges of Computer Delivery
- Computer-Delivery Models: Pros & Cons
- Assessing Reading Literacy in the Digital Age
- Lessons for Transition to Computer-Based Surveys