Psychometric Framework for Modeling Parental Involvement and Reading Literacy.

• Superior document: IEA Research for Education Series ; v.1
• Author: Punter, R. Annemiek.
• TeilnehmendeR: Glas, Cees A. W.; Meelissen, Martina R. M.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2016.; Ã2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: IEA Research for Education Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (104 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Research Objectives -- Literature Review -- Modeling Parental Involvement -- Latent Multilevel Model -- Conclusions -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Theories About the Importance of Parental Involvement for Student Attainment -- 2.3 Measuring Parental Involvement -- 2.4 The Relation Between Parental Involvement and Student Attainment -- References -- 3 Parental Involvement in PIRLS-2011 -- References -- 4 Modeling Parental Involvement -- 4.1 Estimation and Testing Procedures -- 4.1.1 MML Estimation -- 4.1.2 Detection and Modeling of Differential Item Functioning -- 4.2 Results of Modeling Country-Specific Differential Item Functioning -- References -- 5 Relation Between Parental Involvement and Student Achievement in PIRLS-2011 -- 5.1 Method and Rationale for Latent Regression Models -- 5.2 Results of Latent Regression Models -- References -- 6 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Appendix A Technical Details on the Implementationof the Bi-factor Model.