TIMSS
Education
Qualifications of the Mathematics and Science Teacher Labor Force
Recent findings of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or TIMSS, show that although U.S. 4th and 8th graders scored above the international average on both mathematics and science assessments, its relative position compared to other countries did not change much over time, with the U.S. still lagging far behind top-performing countries.
Assessment
TIMSS Tidbits
In case you missed it, the TIMSS results were released this week, and U.S. students didn't fare too badly, unless you count the point difference between them and their 4th and 8th grade peers in Singapore, Korea, and Hong Kong.
Federal
Opinion
Reading the TIMSS Results
A superficial reading of this report could lead the reader to believe that the United States is doing well in science and math. But the United States is doing far worse internationally than TIMSS indicates, says Mark Schneider.
Federal
U.S. Poised to Sit Out TIMSS Test
The U.S. Education Department's statistics arm, citing budget and staffing constraints, won't take part in a 2008 study of physics and upper-level-math performance.
Curriculum
Study Questions Role Math, Science Play in Nation’s GDP
A study of more than three dozen countries, including the United States, challenges the popular belief that superior student achievement on international mathematics and science tests breeds national economic success.
Federal
Potential of Global Tests Seen as Unrealized
Nearly 50 years after the inception of a project now called the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or TIMSS—one of the biggest and most influential assessment programs in the world—it still hasn’t delivered on its early promise, say experts who attended a conference this month aimed at rekindling the original vision of the program’s founders.
Assessment
International Comparison
Next year, Minnesota will assess its students on a grander scale—through the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or TIMSS. The heavily scrutinized exam offers nation-by-nation comparisons of students’ ability in those subjects.
Curriculum
U.S. Gets Better Showing on Latest International Math and Science Exam
Less than a week after a major international study cast doubts on the problem-solving abilities of teenagers in the United States, a second nation-by-nation comparison offers what some regard as a more encouraging view of younger Americans’ grasp of mathematics and science.
Student Achievement
Opinion
Rating Science and Math
We have the blueprint for raising student achievement in math and science, the challenge is to instill a sense of urgency to take action.
Assessment
Math, Science Study To Spawn Host Of Research Projects
Test scores released last week are only the first in a series of research generated by the Third International Mathematics and Science Study—Repeat.
Education
Losing Ground
The accompanying chart shows how U.S. students stack up, on average, in mathematics on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study.
School & District Management
New Questions Raised About the Validity of TIMSS Comparisons
The latest international study of math and science achievement is "misleading and seriously flawed," according to a critique published this month in Science.
Assessment
Ed. Dept. Shows Relationship Between NAEP, TIMSS
For the first time, 40 states and the District of Columbia can see how their 8th graders stack up in math and science against students in 41 nations worldwide.
Curriculum
Researchers Trace Nation's TIMSS Showing to 'Basics'
The call by some educators and policymakers for a back-to-basics approach to math and science to improve student achievement is based on a false assumption that curriculum and instruction have strayed from traditional roots, a new report argues.