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Expressing International Educational Achievement in Terms of U.S. Performance Standards: Linking NAEP Achievement Levels to TIMSS

author:
Gary W. Phillips
published in:
American Institutes for Research
published:
04/24/2007
keywords:
Ed Change & Policy / Mathematics, Science, International/TIMSS
Teaching and Learning / Assessment
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description:
"When U.S. performance standards are used to measure the mathematics and science skills of 8th graders around the world, students in the United States substantially trail their counterparts in Singapore, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and Hong Kong but generally are equal to or outperform students in other parts of the World, according to a new study by the American Institutes for Research (AIR)."

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06/06/2007
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