Education Week reports:Outside of a handful of Asian nations, the typical 8th grader in many foreign countries would not meet “proficient” levels on U.S. tests of mathematics and science, according to a reanalysis of international achievement data being published today. Then again, the study also shows, neither do most American students.
The American Institutes for Research, a Washington-based research organization, posted a press release and the new analysis comes from AIR’s chief scientist, Gary W. Phillips.
Mr. Phillips’ idea was to statistically “link” scores from two well-known testing programs: the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or TIMSS, which is given every few years to students in more than three dozen countries, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a congressionally mandated program known as the “nation’s report card.”
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This is a dubious study, at best. Conversions of scores from one test to another have always been problematic, and there are a number of differences in the TIMMS and the NAEP. Also, one report says that the TIMSS was actually only given in three states, which, given the variability in education from state to state, makes a TIMMS to NAEP comparison more dubious.
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