Research Articles
- Caro, D. H., & Kyriakides, K. (Eds.) (2019). Assessment design and quality of inferences in PISA: limitations and recommendations for improvement, [Special issue] Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 26:4, 363-368, DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2019.1645990
- Wölfer, R., Caro, D. H. & Hewstone, M. (2019). Academic Benefit of Outgroup Contact for Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Students. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 22(3), 419–433. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430218809882
- Steinmann, I., Strietholt, R., & Caro, D. .H. (2018). Participation in Extracurricular Activities and Student Achievement: Evidence from German All-Day Schools. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, DOI: 10.1080/09243453.2018.1540435.
- Caro, D. H. (2018). Socio-economic Gaps in Subject Interest: The Mediating Role of Parental Cognitive Involvement. Large-scale Assessments in Education, 6(13), 1-38.
- Caro, D. H, Kyriakides, L., & Televantou, I. (2017): Addressing omitted prior achievement bias in international assessments: an applied example using PIRLS-NPD matched data. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice.
- Baird, J.-A, Caro, D. H., & Hopfenbeck, T.N. (2016). Student Perceptions of Predictability of Examination Requirements and Relationship with Outcomes in High-Stakes Tests in Ireland. Irish Educational Studies, 35(4), 361-379.
- Caro, D. H., Lenkeit, J., & Kyriakides, L. (2016). Teaching strategies and differential effectiveness across learning contexts: Evidence from PISA 2012. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 49, 30-41.
- Baird, J.-A., Meadows, M., Leckie, G., & Caro, D. H. (2015). Rater Accuracy and Training Group Effects in Expert and Supervisor-Based Monitoring Systems. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 24(1), 44-59.
- Caro, D.H. (2015). Causal mediation in educational research: An illustration using international assessment data. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 8(4), 577-597.
- Lenkeit, J., Caro, D. H., & Strand, S. (2015). Tackling the remaining attainment gap between students with and without immigrant background: an investigation into the equivalence of SES constructs. Educational Research and Evaluation, 21(1), 60-83.
- Lenkeit, J., & Caro. D. H. (2014). Performance status and change – Measuring education system effectiveness with data from PISA 2000-2009. Educational Research and Evaluation, 20(2), 146-174.
- Caro, D. H., Cortina, K. S., & Eccles, J. (2014). Socioeconomic Background, Education, and Labour Force Outcomes: Evidence from a Regional U.S. Sample. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 36(6), 934-957. DOI:10.1080/01425692.2013.868784.
- Caro, D. H., Sandoval-Hernandez, A., & Lüdtke, O. (2014). Cultural, Social and Economic Capital Constructs in International Assessments: An Evaluation Using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 25(3), 433-450.
- Mirazchiyski, P., Caro, D. H., Sandoval-Hernandez, A. (2013). Youth Future Civic Participation in Europe: Differences between the East and the Rest. Social Indicators Research, 115(3), 1031–1055.
- Caro, D. H. & Schulz, W (2012). Ten Hypotheses about Tolerance among Latin American Adolescents. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 11(3), 213-234.
- Caro. D. H. & Cortés, D. (2012). Measuring family socioeconomic status: An illustration using data from PIRLS 2006. IERI Monograph Series: Issues and Methodologies in Large-Scale Assessments, 5, 9-33.
- Caro, D. H. & Lenkeit, J (2012). An analytical approach to study educational inequalities: 10 hypothesis tests in PIRLS 2006. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 35(1), 3-30.
- Caro, D. H. & Mirazchiyski, P. (2012). Socioeconomic Gradients in Eastern European Countries: Evidence from PIRLS 2006. European Educational Research Journal, 11(1), 96-110.
- Caro. D. H. (2011). Parent-Child Communication and Academic Performance: Associations at the Within- and Between-Country Level. Journal for Educational Research Online, 3(2), 15-37. .
- Caro, D. H., McDonald, T., & Willms, J. D. (2009). Socio-economic status and academic achievement trajectories from childhood to adolescence. Canadian Journal of Education, 32(3), 558-590.
- Caro, D. H., & Lehmann, R. (2009). Achievement inequalities in Hamburg schools: how do they change as students get older? School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 20(4), 407 – 431.
- Caro, D. H., Lenkeit, J., Lehmann, R., & Schwippert, K. (2009). The role of academic achievement growth in school track recommendations. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 35(4), 183–192.
- Charyk, T., Polgar, D., Girotti, M. J., Vingilis, E., Caro, D. H., Corbett, B. A., & Parry, N. (2009). Evaluation of an Adolescent Hospital-based Injury Prevention Program. The Journal of Trauma, 66(5), 1451-1460.
Statistical Software
- Caro, D. H., & Biecek, P. (2017). intsvy: An R Package for Analyzing International Large-Scale Assessment Data. Journal of Statistical Software, 81(7), doi: 10.18637/jss.v081.i07.
- Caro, D. H., & Biecek, P. (2021). intsvy: International Assessment Data Manager. R package version 2.5. http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=intsvy.
Online Presence
- Caro, D.H., & Lenkeit, J. (2017). Why global education rankings don’t reveal the whole picture. The Conversation.
- Caro, D.H. (2016). The R package ‘intsvy’: An alternative statistical tool for data analysis. International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement Newsletter, 44, 11-13
- Caro, D.H., & Lenkeit, J. (2015). Which countries punch above their weight in education rankings?. The Conversation. (>200k reads, case study invited to present at The Conversation event).
Working Papers
- Benavides, M., Caro, D. H., Espinosa, G., Miranda, L., Tam, M., Zacharíasy, D., &, Zambrano, G. (2004). Factores asociados al rendimiento estudiantil. Resultados de la Evaluación Nacional 2001. [Factors associated to academic achievement. Results of the Peruvian National Assessment 2001]. Working Paper, No. 9. Lima: Ministry of Education.
- Caro, D. H., Espinoza, G., Montane, A., & Tam, M. (2003). Una aproximación a la alfabetización lectora de los estudiantes peruanos de 15 años. Resultados del Perú en la evaluación internacional PISA. [Reading literacy skills of Peruvian 15-year-olds: Results of Peru in PISA]. Working Paper, No. 6. Lima: Ministry of Education.
- Espinosa, G. & Caro, D. H. (2002). Acuerdo entre el profesorado y la construcción del proyecto educativo en centros educativos polidocentes completos. [Agreement among the teacher staff and the development of an educational project in full grade schools]. Boletín UMC 24. Lima: Ministry of Education.
- Caro, D. H. (2002). Estimación del nivel socioeconómico de las familias: Propuesta metodológica para la Evaluación Nacional de Rendimiento del 2001. [Estimating family socio-economic status: Methodological proposal for the Peruvian National Assessment 2001]. Lima: Ministry of Education.
Book Chapters
- Caro, D. H. (2012). Evidencia causal en estudios educativos con bases de datos observables. [Causal evidence in educational studies with observational data]. In E. Vásquez (Ed.), Inversión social: indicadores, bases de datos e iniciativas. [Social investment: indicators, data sets and initiatives]. Lima: Universidad del Pacífico.
- Caro, D.H. & Zuccarelli, D. (2007). L’influenza del contesto socio-economico e i risultati dell’indagine PISA 2003 in Trentino [The influence of the socio-economic context in PISA 2003 results in Trento]. In M-T. Siniscalco & D. Zuccarelli (Ed.), Il livello di competenza dei quindicenni italiani in matematica, lettura, scienze e problem solving PISA 2003. Risultati del Trentino [Proficiency levels in mathematics, reading, science, and problem solving of Italian 15-year-olds in PISA 2003. Results for the Trento region] (pp. 243-252). Trento: IPRASE del Trentino.
- Caro, D.H. (2007). Variabili individuali e del contesto scolastico: un’analisi causale con modelli multilivello [Student and school variability: a causal analysis using multilevel models]. In M-T. Siniscalco & D. Zuccarelli (Ed.), Il livello di competenza dei quindicenni italiani in matematica, lettura, scienze e problem solving PISA 2003. Risultati del Trentino [Proficiency levels in mathematics, reading, science, and problem solving of Italian 15-year-olds in PISA 2003. Results for the Trento region] (pp. 253-265). Trento: IPRASE del Trentino.
- Caro, D. H. (2003). ¿Cómo mejorar el desempeño académico de los estudiantes de secundaria que asisten a escuelas en las zonas pobres del Perú? [How to improve academic performance of high school students in poor districts in Peru?] In E. Vásquez & D. Winkelried (Eds.), Buscando el bienestar de los pobres: ¿Cuan lejos estamos? [Achieving well-being for the poor: how far are we?].(pp. 175-207). Lima: Universidad del Pacífico.
Project Reports
- Preito-Hodge, K., Tindel, J., Rau, H., Mulligan, K., Odigie-Turley, L., Mebius, C., Dunn, K., Johnson-Ahorlu, R. N., Caro, D., Weintraub, S. B., Beckles, C., & Goff, P. A. (2020). The Science of Justice: [Large PD in the Midwest] National Justice Database City Report (Confidential Report No. 24-00013). Center for Policing Equity.
- Buchanan K., Tindel, J., Mulligan, K., Mebius C., Dunn, K., Johnson-Ahorlu, R. N., Caro D., Beckles, C., Crane, N., & Goff, P. A. (2020). The Science of Justice: [Large PD in the South] National Justice Database City Report (Confidential Report No. 37-00011). Center for Policing Equity.
- Skinner, C., Marie, P., Tindel, J., Johnson-Ahorlu, R. N., Mulligan, K., Mebius C., Dunn, K., Lemire, S., Caro, D., Beckles, C., Crane, N., & Goff, P. A. (2020). The Science of Justice: [Midsize PD in the West] National Justice Database City Report (Confidential Report No. 49-00015). Center for Policing Equity.
- Lenkeit, J., Caro, D.H., Ertl, H., Cheadle, S., Turner, G., Matthews, A., Khan, S., & Baird, J. (2018). The impact of preparation on TSA and BMAT test results – an institutional case study at Oxford University. Report commissioned by Cambridge English Language Assessment (Admissions Testing Service).
- Caro, D.H. & He, J. (2018). Equity in Education in Armenia: Evidence from TIMSS 2003-2015. Report commissioned by the Open Society Foundations.
- Baird, J., Hopfenbeck, T., Elwood, J., Caro, D. H., & Ahmed, A. (2014). Predictability in the Irish Leaving Certificate. Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment and Queen’s University, Belfast. Report sponsored by the State Examinations Commission (SEC) of Ireland.
- Caro, D. & Baird, J. (2013). Assessing the value of multilevel models for the study of marker reliability. Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment. Report sponsored by Pearson as part of the Marking Quality Assurance Project.