Analysis of PISA 2018: How student engagement and teacher support affects mathematics achievement in Indonesia

Abstract

Studies found that the variables of student engagement at school and teacher support have a significant impact on mathematics achievement. This paper aims to examine the relationship between student engagement and teacher support on the mathematics achievement of Indonesian students. The data came from PISA 2018 Indonesia, which included 9,936 students from 354 schools who completed responses on the selected variables. The multilevel analysis revealed that student engagement at school, teacher support, and status of school were statistically significant to predict student mathematics achievement. Student engagement has a positive relationship with mathematics achievement as well as teacher support. The greater the number of students in public and private schools, the lower the mathematics achievement. There is a tendency for public schools to have higher scores than private schools.