This paper analyzes the results of the Bebras Challenge on Informatics and Computational Thinking held in Italy in the last three years and it compares them to the overall performance of Italian schools in the national INVALSI assessment of the standardized levels reached by students in Italian, Mathematics, and English. The main research question is if the mean regional performance at INVALSI tests can predict the performance of schools of the same region in the Bebras challenge. The answer is positive at the grossest level: macro regional areas with INVALSI results below the national average tend to perform worse also in the Bebras challenge. At regional level, a high correlation between Bebras and INVALSI was found among the regions whose results differ significantly.

An Analysis of the Performance of Italian Schools in Bebras and in the National Student Assessment INVALSI / C. Bellettini, V. Lonati, M. Monga, A. Morpurgo (CEUR WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS). - In: Proceedings of the 2nd Systems of Assessments for Computational Thinking Learning workshop (TACKLE 2019) co-located with 14th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2019) / [a cura di] I. Fronza, C. Pahl. - [s.l] : CEUR, 2019 Sep. - pp. 1-12 (( Intervento presentato al 2. convegno Systems of Assessments for Computational Thinking Learning workshop tenutosi a Delft nel 2019.

An Analysis of the Performance of Italian Schools in Bebras and in the National Student Assessment INVALSI

C. Bellettini
;
V. Lonati
;
M. Monga
;
A. Morpurgo
2019

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This paper analyzes the results of the Bebras Challenge on Informatics and Computational Thinking held in Italy in the last three years and it compares them to the overall performance of Italian schools in the national INVALSI assessment of the standardized levels reached by students in Italian, Mathematics, and English. The main research question is if the mean regional performance at INVALSI tests can predict the performance of schools of the same region in the Bebras challenge. The answer is positive at the grossest level: macro regional areas with INVALSI results below the national average tend to perform worse also in the Bebras challenge. At regional level, a high correlation between Bebras and INVALSI was found among the regions whose results differ significantly.
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