Abstract

The authors introduce a test of economic competence for German-speaking secondary school students and provide evidence from a large-scale assessment with 6,230 students from grades 7 to 10. They present the development and psychometric properties of the scale, along with an investigation of predictors of economic competence. They find evidence of a gender gap favoring male students, lower scores for students with a migration background, and parents’ socioeconomic background being a predictor of test performance. Additionally, the authors document sizeable differences between tracks, as well as gains in economic competence across grades in the order of magnitude of 0.06 to 0.20 standard deviation per year. The article concludes with perspectives on an impact evaluation of a curriculum reform introducing mandatory economic education in secondary school.

摘要

作者介绍了针对德语中等学生的经济能力测试，并提供了对来自7至10年级的6,230名学生的大规模评估提供的证据。他们介绍了该量表的发展和心理计量特性，以及对预测变量的调查经济能力。他们发现性别差距有利于男学生的证据，具有移民背景的学生分数较低，而父母的社会经济背景是测试成绩的预测指标。此外，这组作者还记录了航迹之间的巨大差异，以及各个年级的经济能力的提高，每年的标准偏差为0.06至0.20。