List of international databases on individual student achievement tests

This article contains a list of international databases on individual student achievement tests that can be used for psychometric research. In other words, this table only includes datasets containing items measuring ability and directly answered by students.

Database nameDiscipline(s)CountryAvailable yearsLongitudinal/Cross-sectionalCostAccess
Civic Education Study (CivEd)Knowledge of democratic practices and institutions, as well as U.S. ninth-grade students’ attitudes toward democracy, national identity, international relations, and social cohesion and diversity27 countries [1]1999Cross-sectionalFreeAvailable through CD[2]
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998 - 99 (ECLS-K)Mathematics, reading, general knowledge and science27 countries [1]The birth cohort of the ECLS-B is a sample of children born in 2001 and followed from birth through kindergarten entry. The kindergarten class of 1998-99 cohort is a sample of children followed from kindergarten through the eighth grade. The kindergarten class of 2010-11 cohort will follow a sample of children from kindergarten through the fifth grade.LongitudinalFreeData freely available but restricted data requiring an administrative process for access[3]
Education Longitudinal Study of 2002MathematicsUnited States2002, 2004, 2006, and 2012LongitudinalFreeEducation Longitudinal Study of 2002[4]
Exame Nacional de Desempenho de Estudantes (ENADE)Administration, accounting, economics, journalism, marketing and advertising, design, law, psychology, international relations, administrative assistant, tourism, business management, human resources, financial management, operations, marketing, managementBrazil2004-2011Cross-sectionalFreeINEP[5]
ENEMLanguage, science, mathematics, humanitiesBrazil1998-2011Cross-sectionalFreeINEP[5]
NAEPArts, civics, economics, foreign language, geography, mathematics, reading, science, U.S. history, world history, writing, technology and engineering literacy (starting in 2014)United States1999, 2004, 2008, and 2012Cross-sectionalFreeNAEP[6]
National Longitudinal Study of 1972Vocabulary, mathematics, reading, picture-number associations, letter groups, and mosaic comparisonsUnited States1972-1973 (base years), follow-up surveys in 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, and 1986LongitudinalFreeDAS[7]
PIAACLiteracy, numeracy, problem solving in technology-rich environments, and reading24 participating countries [8]One collection between 2011 and 2012Cross-sectionalFreeData to be released between December 2013 and April 2014[9]
PIRLSReadingmore than 50 countries [10]2001, 2006Cross-sectionalFreeNCES[11]
PISAReading, mathematics and science, only one area being evaluated in each year.Over 70 countries [12]2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009Cross-sectionalFreePISA[13]
Sistema de Avaliação da Educação Básica (SAEB)Language and mathematicsBrazil1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2011Cross-sectionalFreeINEP[5]
TIMSSMathematics and scienceOver 60 countries [14]1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011Cross-sectionalFreeNCES[15]


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