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In the world of globalization, international markets and world-wide competition it is important for students to be well informed about the underlying economic concepts. Knowledge about economics, termed economic literacy, has become as important as being literate in reading, writing and arithmetic. For each country and educational system the importance of economic literacy is tied to educating its youth to be capable of understanding, thinking and acting according to basic economic principles. Based on the Australian setting this book sheds light on the growing importance of economic literacy...

The growth in the number of educational assessments has been global, regional, and national. Written by an international team of experts in the field, 'Implementation of Large-Scale Education Assessments' provides an extensive treatment on issues related to the inception, design, implementation, and reporting of large-scale assessments in education. The authors discuss the methods of sampling, weighting, and variance estimation that are commonly encountered in ILSAs and provide students, researchers, and teachers with the methods for implementing international studies of student achievement...