John Jerrim

Driven to succeed? Teenagers’ achievement motivation, university aspirations, and performance on high-stakes examinations

Abstract There is growing interest in how young people’s socio-emotional skills, particularly motivation, shape educational outcomes. Yet less is known about how adolescents’ general achievement motivation and their specific aspirations to attend university relate to performance...

When technical standards fail. Questionnaire wording and the comparability of PISA truancy data

Abstract This paper presents a case study of how an undetected wording change in the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) may have led to erroneous conclusions. We focus on a survey question intended to measure student truancy across countries and over tim...