Measuring standards in primary English
The validity of PIRLS—a response to Mary Hilton
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14620845 |
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| Authors | Chris Whetton (National Foundation for Educational Research, corresponding author), Liz Twist (National Foundation for Educational Research), Marian Sainsbury (National Foundation for Educational Research) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 977-986 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Educational Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-1926 • E-ISSN: 1469-3518 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01411920701657082 |
| OpenAlex | W2145980425 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Hilton (2006) criticises the PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) tests and the survey conduct, raising questions about the validity of international surveys of reading. Her criticisms fall into four broad areas: cultural validity, methodological issues, construct validity and the survey in England. However, her criticisms are shown to be mistaken. Her claim of forced unidimensionality in the tests is not supported by statistical analyses and her claims of cultural strangeness are contradicted by the involvement of all the countries involved. She is concerned about linguistic diversity but this is actually reflected in the ways countries organise their surveys. Finally, Hilton suggests that the English sample was biased, but fails to recognise the stringent sampling requirements or the monitoring roles of external assessors and the sampling referee. A careful study of the evidence concerning PIRLS shows that it is actually a fair and robust measure of reading attainment in different countries
Construct (python library) · Construct validity · Cultural diversity · Developmental psychology · Diversity (politics) · External validity · Literacy · Pedagogy · Political science · Psychometrics · Raising (metalworking) · Reading (process) · Sample (material) · Social science · Sociology · Test validity · Anthropology · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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