The Comparison of Turkish Students' PISA Achievement Levels by Year via Data Envelopment Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Yalçin, Seher; Tavsancil, Ezel
Titel	The Comparison of Turkish Students' PISA Achievement Levels by Year via Data Envelopment Analysis
Quelle	In: Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 14 (2014) 3, S.961-968 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-0485
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; School Effectiveness; Efficiency; Questionnaires; Cognitive Tests; Educational Quality; Data Analysis; Predictor Variables; Academic Achievement; High School Students; Elementary School Students; Economically Disadvantaged; Social Status; Cultural Influences; Student Surveys; Mathematics Achievement; Reading Achievement; Science Achievement; Validity; Turkey; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schuleffizienz; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Fragebogen; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Auswertung; Prädiktor; Schulleistung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Sozialer Status; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Schülerbefragung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leseleistung; Gültigkeit; Türkei
Abstract	This research aimed to determine the relative efficiency of the types of school common to three administrations of the PISA (2003-2006-2009) by comparing their results, along with the activities that are to be performed for inefficient school types and changes in the efficiency value of the school types by year. The comparative analysis was based on information obtained from student questionnaires and cognitive skills tests. Turkish students completing the PISA in 2003, 2006, and 2009 comprised the population of the survey-based study. In the study, the data obtained from the PISA tests were analyzed using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The results of the study indicated that the differences in quality among high schools are still prominent. The low economic, social, and cultural index of the elementary-school-level students, and vocational high school students' inability to allocate sufficient time for study outside of school hindered these schools' efficiency, as shown in the three administrations of the PISA. Consequently, student achievement was found to vary by year, and variables to be increased or decreased for improved student success have been identified. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10