What Enhances Mathematical Ability? A Cross-Country Analysis Based on Test Scores of 15-year Olds

Mark Bailey and Vani Borooah

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This paper examines the mathematical abilities of 15-year olds in a range of countries which participated in the 2003 cycle of the OCED’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Utilising information on the scores obtained by individual students in the mathematical part of the PISA assessment, we use a range of indicators from the literature on inequality and poverty to evaluate the “mathematical performance” of participating countries. Since data from PISA contained a wealth of information on the circumstances of the students, in terms of their home and school environment, we identify, and examine the relative influence of, factors which serve to enhance the mathematical performance of students in the PISA assessment.

Keywords: Mathematics; schools; Testing; Countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (7)

Published in Applied Economics 29.42(2008): pp. 3723-3733

Downloads: (external link)
https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/25676/1/MPRA_paper_25676.pdf original version (application/pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: What enhances mathematical ability? A cross-country analysis based on test scores of 15-year-olds (2010)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mprapa:25676

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany Ludwigstraße 33, D-80539 Munich, Germany. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Joachim Winter ().