Tinkering with TIMSS

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-36

  Bracey, Gerald W ^a  

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References (22)

1. Rene Sanchez, "U.S. High School Seniors Rank Near Bottom." Washington Post, 25 February 1998, p. A-1.
2. Debra Viadero, "U.S. Seniors Near Bottom in World Test." Education Week, 4 March 1998, p. 1.
3. Gilbert A. Valverde, "TIMSS High School Results Released," U.S. National Research Center, Report No. 8, Michigan State University, April 1998, p. 4.
4. James Dobson, Family News from Dr. James Dobson, Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, April 1998, p. 1.
5. Senta Raizen, Executive Director of the National Center for the Improvement of Science Education, quoted in Viadero, op. cit.
6. Ethan Bronner, "U.S. Twelfth-Graders Rank Poorly in Math and Science, Study Shows," New York Times, 25 February 1998, p. A-1.
7. William Raspberry, "The Good News About U.S. : Schools," Washington Post, 12 March 1998, p. A-15.
8. Robert Samuelson, "Stupid Students, Smart Economy?," Washington Post, 12 March 1998, p. A-15.
9. John Leo, "Hey, We're No. 19!," U.S. News & World Report, 9 March 1998, p. 14.
10. Ina V. S. Mullis et al., Mathematics and Science Achievement in the Final Year of Secondary School (Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Boston College, 1998).
11. Pursuing Excellence: A Study of U.S. 12th-Grade Mathematics and Science Teaching, Learning, and Achievement in International Context (Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, NCES 98-049, 1998), p. 20.
12. Education at a Glance (Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1997).
13. George F. Madaus, ed., The Courts, Validity, and Minimum Competency Testing (Boston: Kluwer-Nijhoff, 1982).
14. William F. Schmidt et al., "Validity as a Variable," in Madaus, p. 138.
15. Jeremy Kilpatrick, personal communication, 8 June 1998.
16. Mullis et al., p. C-1.
17. Gerald W. Bracey, "TIMSS, Rhymes with 'Dims,' as in 'Wilted,' " Phi Delta Kappan, May 1998, pp. 686-87.
18. Mullis et al., p. 117.
19. Gerald W. Bracey, "Comparisons Mean Little," USA Today, 25 February 1998, p. 11-A.
20. For a discussion of the latter problem, see my Research column in the April issue: Gerald W. Bracey, "About Those NAEP Proficiency Levels (Again)," Phi Delta Kappan, April 1998, p. 630.
21. Peter Applebome, "Better Schools, Uncertain Results," New York Times, 16 March 1997, sect. 4, p. 5.
22. Jay Mathews, "Schools Treat 'Senior Slump,'" Washington Post, 27 May 1998, p. B-1.