Focus and Design of the Review Study

Alignment between educational goals, intended and implemented curricula and educational outcomes is considered as a characteristic of effective education. The expectation is that better alignment leads to better student performance. The concept of Opportu

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Opportunity to Learn, Curriculum Alignment and Test Preparation A Research Review 123

SpringerBriefs in Education

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Jaap Scheerens Editor

Opportunity to Learn, Curriculum Alignment and Test Preparation A Research Review

With Contributions from: Marloes Lamain Hans Luyten Peter Noort

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Editor Jaap Scheerens Oberon Research and Consultancy Utrecht The Netherlands

ISSN 2211-1921 SpringerBriefs in Education ISBN 978-3-319-43109-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43110-9

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Acknowledgments

This study was carried out as cooperation between Oberon Research and Consultancy and the Department of Research Methodology, Measurement and Data Collection of the University of Twente. The work was supported by a grant from NRO, the Netherlands Initiative for Educational Research in The Hague.

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Contents

1 Focus and Design of the Review Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jaap Scheerens

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2 Conceptualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jaap Scheerens

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3 Meta-Analyses and Descriptions of Illustrative Studies . . . . . . . . . . . Jaap Scheerens

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4 Review and “Vote Count” Analysis of OTL-Effect Studies . . . . . . . . Marloes Lamain, Jaap Scheerens and Peter Noort

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5 Predictive Power of OTL Measures in TIMSS and PISA . . . . . . . . . 103 Hans Luyten 6 Recapitalization, Implications for Educational Policy and Practice and Future Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Jaap Scheerens

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Alignment between educational goals, intended and imp