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Table 1 Measurement instruments of economic literacy between 1990 and 2020 (based on Welsandt and Abs 2023)

From: Constructing and validating authentic assessments: the case of a new technology-based assessment of economic literacy

Instrument

Country

Author, Publisher, or Institution

Year

Basic Economics Test (BET)

USA

Walstad, W. B.; Robson, D

1990

Economic literacy test [Wirtschaftskundlicher Bildungs-Test (WBT)]

Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Beck, K.; Krumm, V

1998

Test of Economic Knowledge (TEK)

USA

Walstad, William B.; Soper, John C

1998

Economic literacy of secondary school students [Ökonomische Bildung von Schüler/innen Allgemeinbildender Höherer Schulen (OBHS)]

Austria

Brandlmaier, E.; Frank, H.; Korunka, C.; Plessnig, A.; Schopf, C.; Tamegger, K

2005

Financial Fitness for Life Test (FFFT)

USA

Walstad, W. B.; Rebeck, K

2005

Test of Understanding in College Economics (TUCE)

USA

Walstad, W. B.; Watts, M.; Rebeck, K

2006

Jump$tart Coalition 2008 College survey (Jump$tart)

USA

Mandel, L

Merrill Lynch Foundation

2008

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

USA

National Center for Education Statistics

2012

The Financial Knowledge Scale (FKS)

USA

Knoll, M. A. Z.; Houts, C. R

2012

PISA 2012 Financial Literacy (PISA)

18 countries

OECD

2012

Financial education online: does it work? (FEO)

Italy

Nicolini, G

2012

A test of minimal economic knowledge in Germany (MEK)

Germany

Wobker, I.; Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, M.; Kenning, P.; Gigerenzer, G

2012

Test of Economic Literacy 4th Edition (TEL)

USA

Walstad, W. B.; Rebeck, K.; Butters, R

2013

Economic Competencies of Students Leaving Secondary School [Ökonomische Kompetenzen von Maturandinnen und Maturanden (OEKOMA)]

Switzerland

Schumann, S.; Eberle, F

2014

Impact of education on the financial literacy (IFL)

Slovakia, Czechia, Poland and Hungary

Tóth, M.; Lančarič, D.; Savov, R

2015

'Did you get it right?' flash cards. Maths in the area of basic financial education [Stimmt’s-Kärtchen. Rechnen im Bereich Finanzielle Grundbildung.]

Germany

Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung

2015

CERAFORMA

Germany

Winther, E.; Klotz, V. K

2015

Test of Financial Literacy (TFL)

USA

Walstad, W. B.; Rebeck, K

2016

ALUSIM

Germany

Winther, E.; Seeber, S.; Weber, S.; Bley, S.; Festner, D.; Kreuzer, C.;

Rudeloff, M.; Sangmeister, J.; Wiethe-Körpich, M

2016

PISA 2018 released financial

literacy items (PISA)

20 countries

OECD

2018

The Financial Literacy Project (FLP)

USA

Breitbach, E.; Wagner, J

2018

National Financial Capability Study (NFCS)

USA

FINRA Investor Education Foundation

2018

Test of economic civic competence [Leistungstest Wirtschaftsbürgerliche Kompetenz (WBK-T2)]

Switzerland Germany

Ackermann, N

2018

Test of Economic Competence (TEC)

Germany

Kaiser, T.; Oberrauch, L.; Seeber, G

2019

Financial Literacy Test (FLT)

South Africa

Mudzingiri, C

2019

Measurement of systems competence as an indicator of sustainable educational development

[Messung von Systemkompetenz als Indikator im Bereich Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (SysKo-BNE)]

Germany

Hartig, J.; Roczen, N

2020