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International Comparisons in Education

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  • © 2002

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  1. Diane Shorrocks-Taylor

    1. University of Leeds, UK

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  2. Edgar W. Jenkins

    1. University of Leeds, UK

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Part of the book series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education (CTISE, volume 8)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-11
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  2. International Comparisons of Pupil Performance

    • Diane Shorrocks-Taylor
    Pages 13-27

  3. International Comparisons of Student Achievement

    • Michael O Martin, lna V S Mullis
    Pages 29-47

  4. Diversity of Purpose in International Assessments

    • Graham Orpwood
    Pages 49-62

  5. Monitoring Student Knowledge and Skills

    • Andreas Schleicher
    Pages 63-77

  6. International Comparisons — What really matters?

    • Julian Elliott, Neil Hufton, Leonid Illushin
    Pages 79-114

  7. World Class Schools

    • David Reynolds, Bert Creemers, Sam Stringfield, Charles Teddlie
    Pages 115-136

  8. Making Use of International Comparisons of Student Achievement in Science and Mathematics

    • Edgar Jenkins
    Pages 137-157

  9. Exploring Students Responses on Free-Response Science Items in TIMSS

    • Carl Angell, Marit Kjaernsli, Svein Lie
    Pages 159-187

  10. Studying Achievement Gaps in Science within the National Context

    • Ruth Zuzovsky
    Pages 189-218

  11. The need for caution when using the results of international mathematics testing to inform policy decisions in education in the member countries

    • Ann Kitchen
    Pages 219-231

  12. International Comparisons of Pupil Performance and National Mathematics and Science Testing in England

    • Diane Shorrocks-Taylor, Edgar W Jenkins, Janice Curry, Bronwen Swinnerton
    Pages 233-258

  13. Messages for Mathematics Education from TIMSS in Australia

    • Jan Lokan
    Pages 259-277

  14. TIMSS in South Africa The Value of International Comparative Studies for a Developing Country

    • S J Howie
    Pages 279-301

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 303-323
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Diane Shorrocks-Taylor School of Education, University of Leeds,UK In September 1998, a conference was held at the University of Leeds entitled ‘International comparisons of pupil performance: issues and policy’. It was arranged by two groups within the School of Education at the University, the newly formed Assessment and Evaluation Unit and the Centre for Studies in Science and Mathematics Education. Thejoint interest in international comparisons of performance had itself arisen from earlier involvement in a follow-up study of the 1995 TIMSS work in England, reported in a later chapter in this book, in which the TIMSS assessment outcomes were studied alongside the outcomes from the National Curriculum testing programme in England. Some of the results of this investigation had proved both interesting and challenging so the decision was made to promote wider discussion of some key issues by inviting contributors from all over the world to a meeting the major aims of which were to promote an exploration of : - the theoretical foundations of international comparative studies of student performance; - the practical problems of carrying out such studies; - the appropriateness of the assessment models and approaches used in international comparisons; - the role of international comparative studies in raising standards of student performance; - and how international studies affect the shaping of national policy on education.

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  • University of Leeds, UK

    Diane Shorrocks-Taylor, Edgar W. Jenkins

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