This study was prepared by Annika B. Bergbauer while she was working at the Ifo Center for the Economics of Education. It was completed in March 2019 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in July 2019. It consists of four self-contained...

Weltweit steigt der Einsatz schulischer Leistungsüberprüfungen. In einer neuen Studie untersuchen wir die Auswirkungen von Reformen von Tests und Prüfungssystemen in 59 Ländern in den Jahren zwischen 2000 und 2015 anhand der PISA-Mikrodaten von über 2 Mio. SchülerInnen. Es zeigt sich, dass...

We investigate the achievement impact of alternative uses of student assessments. Our dataset covers over 2 million students in 59 countries observed over 6 waves in the international PISA test 2000-2015. Our empirical model exploits the country panel dimension to investigate assessment reforms...

Weltweit steigt der Einsatz schulischer Leistungsüberprüfungen. Eine neue Studie des ifo Instituts, die die Auswirkungen von Reformen von Tests und Prüfungssystemen in 59 Ländern in den Jahren zwischen 2000 und 2015 anhand der PISA-Mikrodaten von über 2 Mio. Schülern untersucht, zeigt,...

School systems regularly use student assessments for accountability purposes. But, as highlighted by our conceptual model, different configurations of assessment usage generate performance-conducive incentives of different strengths for different stakeholders in different school environments. We...

This study was prepared by Annika B. Bergbauer while she was working at the Ifo Center for the Economics of Education. It was completed in March 2019 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in July 2019. It consists of four self-contained...