The Network for Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP) invited experts to a meeting on November 15th 2023, to discuss the current developments in the measurement and analysis of economic, cultural and social status (ECSS) in large-scale assessments and their relevance to inform policymaking in Asia-Pacific. The goal of this meeting was to provide a platform for peer-learning and exchange among experts involved in various LSAs (international, regional and national) in Asia-Pacific with the goal of improving relevance of respective indicators for education policymaking in the region.
In particular, the discussion focused on:
- The current data collection and methodological choices made to measure ECSS in LSAs and the limitations to these methodologies.
- Comparability of indicators’ operationalisation and estimation methodology.
- The main recommendations that are or can be considered to improve measurement and analysis of ECSS in large-scale assessments.
The meeting involved representatives of the main international and regional large-scale assessments in Asia-Pacific: the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), the Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metric (SEA-PLM) and the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy
Assessment (PILNA). Representatives of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) produced a background paper1 and provided a scene setting presentation.
Please find below the scene-setting presentation, background paper, and the meeting’s outcome document:
