Data Files for OECD-PISA 2012 Study--Top Tier, Canada, and US

This folder contains multiply imputed data sets for the top-tiered performers in math literacy on the PISA 2012. It also includes Canada and the US data. The purpose of this research was to identify significant predictors of math literacy for top-tiered performers, Canada, and the US. It was hypothesized that top-tiered countries engage in academic behaviors that may account for, in part, the optimal performance on the PISA assessment. Comparison of the US on these significant predictors may offer some insight into math-literacy performance in the US, which is below the OECD average.

本文件夹收录了2012年国际学生评估项目（Programme for International Student Assessment, PISA）数学素养测试中顶级表现群体的多重插补数据集。本数据集同时涵盖加拿大与美国的相关数据。本研究旨在识别影响数学素养顶级表现者、加拿大及美国学生数学素养的显著预测因子。研究假设：顶级表现国家所秉持的学术行为，可在一定程度上解释其在PISA测评中取得的优异成绩。对美国在上述显著预测因子上的表现进行对比分析，可为理解美国的数学素养水平提供参考——其成绩低于经合组织（Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD）平均水准。