Mean scores from the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for 8th and 9th grade students in Kyrgyzstan, focusing on reading comprehension of non-continuous texts like charts and forms. The data is reported by the country's Local Education Group and originates from the triennial international study coordinated by the OECD. Assessment participants were 15-year-old students.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in mean reading scores for non-continuous texts across PISA cycles to evaluate education policy impact in Kyrgyzstan.
- Benchmark Kyrgyzstan's 8th and 9th grade performance on specific reading sub-skills against other participating countries using the PISA framework.
- Correlate national mean scores in this reading domain with macroeconomic indicators from World Bank datasets.
- Model student proficiency distributions for non-continuous text comprehension using reported mean scores and assumed assessment metrics.
Strengths
- Data is part of the standardized OECD PISA study, ensuring consistent international assessment methodology.
- Focuses on a specific reading competency (non-continuous texts), allowing for granular skill analysis.
Limitations
- Dataset scope is limited to mean scores only, lacking individual student records or score distributions for deeper statistical analysis.
- Geographic coverage is restricted to a single country (Kyrgyzstan), limiting comparative studies within the dataset itself.
- Unknown sample size and row count for the reported mean scores prevents assessment of statistical significance.
Provenance
- Source
- OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), reported by the Kyrgyzstan Local Education Group.
- Collection Method
- Standardized international assessment of 15-year-old students' competencies, administered every three years.
- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Kyrgyzstan