Larry E. Suter & Brian Denman 
The SAGE Handbook of Comparative Studies in Education [EPUB ebook] 

Preface — Larry E. Suter
Methods and Practice in Comparative Education Research: Models, Ontologies and Epistemologies — Larry E. Suter, Emma Smith and Brian Denman
Part 1: The Status of Comparative Education Research
Chapter 1: The Status of Comparative Education Research in the 21st Century: An Empiricists View — Larry E. Suter
Chapter 2: Critical Challenges in Approaches and Experience in Comparative Education Research — Brian D. Denman
Chapter 3: Enduring Issues in Education: Comparative Perspectives — Wing On Lee
Chapter 4: Riddled with Gaping Wounds: A Methodological Critique of Comparative and International Studies in Education: Views of a Professor — Rui Yang
Part 2: Measurement Methods in Comparative Education Research
Chapter 5: Challenges in International Large-Scale Educational Surveys — Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Nina Jude, Susanne Kuger
Chapter 6: Non-Cognitive Attributes: Measurement and Meaning — Mary Ainley and John Ainley
Chapter 7: Methodological Challenges to Measuring Heterogeneous Populations Internationally — Leslie Rutkowski and David Rutkowski
Chapter 8: The Participation of Latin American Countries in International Assessments: Assessment Capacity, Validity, and Fairness — Guirimo Solano-Flores
Chapter 9: Validity Issues in Qualitative and Quantitative Research of Cross-National Studies — Jae Park
Chapter 10: Mixed Methods in Education: Visualising the Quality of Quantitative Data — David A. Turner
Part 3: Research Practices in Comparative Studies of Education
Chapter 11: Growth and Development of Large-scale International Comparative Studies and their Influence on Comparative Education Thinking — Larry E. Suter
Chapter 12: The Meaning of Motivation to Learn in Cross-National Comparisons: A Review of Recent International Research on Ability, Self-concept, and Interest — Ming-Te Wang, Jessica L. Degol, Jiesi Guo
Chapter 13: Examining Change over Time in International Large-Scale Assessments: Lessons Learned from PISA — Christine Salzer and Manfred Prenzel
Chapter 14: Qualitative Comparative Education Research: Perennial Issues, New Approaches and Good Practice — Michele Schweisfurth
Chapter 15: Methodological Challenges in Conducting International Research on Teaching Quality Using Standardized Observations — Anna-Katharina Praetorius, Wida Rogh, Courtney Bell and Eckhard Klieme
Chapter 16: The Measurement and Use of Socioeconomic Status in Educational Research — J. Douglas Willlms & Lucia Tramonte
Part 4: Lessons from International Comparisons of Student Behaviors
Chapter 17: Early Childhood Care and Education in the Era of Sustainable Development: Balancing Local and Global Priorities — Abbie Raikes, Dawn Davis and Anna Burton
Chapter 18: Equity of Access to Pre-Primary Education and Long-Term Benefits: A Cross- Country Analysis — Gerard Ferrer-Esteban, Larry Suter and Monica Mincu
Chapter 19: Primary Education Curricula across the World: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodology in International Comparison — Dominic Wyse & Jacob Anders
Chapter 20: Outside-School-Time Activities and Shadow Education — Siyuan Feng & Mark Bray
Chapter 21: Measuring Opportunity: Two Perspectives on the “Black Box” of School Learning — Leland S. Cogan and William H. Schmidt
Chapter 22: What Can International Comparative Tests Tell Us about the Future Supply of Highly Skilled STEM Workers? — Larry E. Suter and Emma Smith
Part 5: International comparisons of Instruction
Chapter 23: Comparative Research on Teacher Learning Communities in a Global Context — Motoko Akiba, Cassandra Howard and Guodong Liang
Chapter 24: Teaching Instructional Practices: Play-Based Learning – Supporting the Transition from Early Years to Primary Education — Tanya Hathaway
Chapter 25: Challenges in Practice: A Critical Examination of Efforts to Link Teacher Practices and Student Achievement — Laura O’Dwyer and Catherine Paolucci
Chapter 26: Global Higher Education Trends: Implications for Policy and Practice — Christopher C. Blakesley, Donna J. Menke and W. James Jacob
Chapter 27: Digital Technologies and Educational Transformation — Nancy Law and Leming Liang
Chapter 28: International Large-scale Student Assessments and Their Impact on National School Reforms — Gustavo E. Fischman, Pasi Sahlberg, Iveta Silova and Amelia Marcetti Topper
Part 6: Influence of Large-Scale Assessments on Policy
Chapter 29: Changes in the World-wide Distribution of Large-Scale International Assessments — Larry E. Suter
Chapter 30: The Uneasy Relation Between International Testing and Comparative Education Research — Martin Carnoy
Chapter 31:Global and Local Dissonance when Comparing Nation-States and Educational Performance — Colin Power
Chapter 32: Building Learning Assessment Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean — Adriana Viteri and Pablo Zoido

Emma Smith is Reader in Education at the University of Birmingham