ICCS 2009 Technical Report - IEA

Table 9.12: Numbers of NRC responses to the survey activities questionnaire: assembling and printing the ICCS assessmentmaterialsQuestion Yes No Not AnsweredDid you have major problems regarding the process of external layout 4 34 0verification of the instruments?Did you detect any of the following errors during the printing process: 19 19 0poor print quality, missing pages, wrong page order, upside-down pages?Did you discover any potential breaches of security? 2 36 0Administering the booklets and questionnairesThis section of the Survey Activities Questionnaire addressed some important aspects of thedata-collection session; Table 9.13 presents selected results. All countries had the optionof administering their school and teacher questionnaires online, although only six usedthis delivery method. The majority of countries reported that at least some of their testadministrators were drawn from national center staff, but it was also common practice to recruittest administrators from among the school coordinators or teachers of the sampled schools (butnot teachers of the sampled students).Table 9.13: Numbers of NRC responses to the survey activities questionnaire: administering the booklets and questionnairesQuestion Yes No Not AnsweredDid you use the online data collection mode for administering the school 6 30 2and/or teacher questionnaires?Who were the test administrators for the main survey? 0(Select all that apply)National center staff 22• Regional or district government staff 4• External contractor staff 11• Teachers from other schools 3• Teachers from the sampled schools but not of the sampled students 18• Teachers of the sampled students 2• School coordinators 16• Other 4How did you train the test administrators? (Select all that apply) 1Formal training sessions 27• Through telephone, email, or video-link 13• Written instructions 32• Other 2For the administration of (paper-based) instruments, did you experienceany difficulties reaching a high participation of the following groups?• Students 9 29 0• Teachers 18 20 0• School principals 9 29 0116 ICCS 2009 technical report