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Tourangeau, Karen; Nord, Christine; Le, Thanh; Sorongon, Alberto G.; Najarian, Michelle – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
This manual provides guidance and documentation for users of the eighth-grade data of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K). It begins with an overview of the ECLS-K study. Subsequent chapters provide details on the instruments and measures used, the sample design, weighting procedures, response rates, data…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Longitudinal Studies, Grade 8
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Gonzales, Patrick; Williams, Trevor; Jocelyn, Leslie; Roey, Stephen; Kastberg, David; Brenwald, Summer – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
The 2007 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the fourth administration since 1995 of this international comparison. Developed and implemented at the international level by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)--an international organization of national research institutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Grade 4
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Falcao, Douglas; Colinvaux, Dominique; Krapas, Sonia; Querioz, Gloria; Alves, Fatima; Cazelli, Sibele; Valente, Maria Esther, Gouvea, Guaracira – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
A models and modelling approach was adopted to investigate the educational potential of a science museum exhibition. It focused on patterns of relationship between the teaching models proposed by designers and students models in regard to four exhibits concerning astronomical cycles. Student's models were elicited by interviewing 21 pupils…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teaching Models, Exhibits, Museums
Grissmer, David – American Institutes for Research, 2007
The NAEP Validity Studies (NVS) Panel provides advice and recommendations to help insure the "validity" of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test scores. The primary objectives of NAEP tests are to accurately monitor the progress of defined groups of students over time and to measure valid differences in scores…
Descriptors: Testing, School Involvement, Academic Achievement, Validity