PIRLS 2001 Technical Report

International Association for

Edited by Contributors the Evaluation of
Educational Achievement
Michael O. Martin Jay Campbell
Ina V.S. Mullis Pierre Foy
Ann M. Kennedy Eugenio J. Gonzalez International
Study Center
Dirk Hastedt
Ursula Itzlinger OF f OUCATION

Marc Joncas
Dana L Kelly
Ann M. Kennedy
Barbara Malak
Michael O. Martin
Ina V.S. Mullis
Marian Sainsbury
Knut Schwippert

April 2003
Overview of PIRLS • • •1
Dana L Kelly

D e v e l o p i n g t h e PIRLS Reading Assessment- . . . . . . . . . . 13

Marian Sainsbury
Jay Campbell

Developing the PIRLS Background Questionnaires • . . . . 29

Dana L Kelly

Translating the PIRLS Reading Assessment

and Questionnaires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dana L Kelly
Barbara Maiak

PIRLS Sampling Design • • 53

Pierre Foy
Marc Joncas

PIRLS Survey Operations Procedures 67

Eugenia J. Gonzalez
Dirk Hastedt
Ann M, Kennedy

Q u a l i t y C o n t r o l i n t h e PIRLS Data C o l l e c t i o n - . . . . . . . . . 83
Eugenio J. Gonzalez
Ann M, Kennedy

Creating a n d Checking t h e PIRLS Database- . . . . . . . . . 103

Ursula Itzlinger
Knut Schwippert

PIRLS Sampling Weights and Participation Rates • • • • 113

Marc Joncas
 Item Analysis and Review • • • 135
Ina US, Mullis
Michael 0. Martin
Ann M Kennedy

1 I Scaling the PIRLS Reading Assessment Data • • 151

EugenioJ. Gonzalez

1 *y Statistical Analysis and Reporting of the PIRLS Data • • 169

Eugenio J, Gonzalez
Ann M. Kennedy

A Acknowledgements 203

B Sample Implementation- • •• -211

C Country Adaptations to Items and Item Scoring 245

D Parameters for IRT Analyses

of PIRLS Achievement Data 247