AHELO: The Myth of Measurement and Comparability
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https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2015.82.8861Keywords:
AHELO, OECD, cross-national testing, measurement of student achievementAbstract
AHELO, the OECD’s pilot programs to measure student achievement cross-nationally is about to be implemented internationally. This article argues that it is very difficult to measure learning cross-nationally—and recommends that AHELO be scrapped.
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2015-09-01
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Altbach, P. G. (2015). AHELO: The Myth of Measurement and Comparability. International Higher Education, (82), 2–3. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2015.82.8861
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