2023 Volume 19 Issue 1 Pages 135-153
The purpose of this paper is to review and analyze the features of large-scale achievement longitudinal surveys conducted by NCES in the US to draw implications for how Japanese Government may design large-scale achievement longitudinal surveys. We review 10 longitudinal surveys with the following questions: (1) How has the NCES longitudinal surveys evolved and advanced since 1970, (2) What is the organizational structure and capacity that is needed to implement these longitudinal surveys, (3) How is inequity perspective embedded in the study design of the longitudinal surveys.
We find that there is a large gap between Japan and US in the accumulation of achievement longitudinal surveys. This gap is not only due to the difference in “test culture”, but also in the structure and employment practice of personnel needed to conduct large-scale longitudinal surveys, and the lack of clear purpose of conducting achievement studies.
