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U.S. States in a Global Context: Results from the 2011 NAEP-TIMSS Linking Study. NCES 2013-460
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) initiated this special study in an effort to link the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scale to the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) scale so that states could compare the performance of their students with that of students in other countries. The…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Grade 8, Mathematics Tests, Science Tests
2011 NAEP-TIMSS Linking Study: Linking Methodologies and Their Evaluations. NCES 2013-469
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The 2011 NAEP-TIMSS linking study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) was designed to predict Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) scores for the U.S. states that participated in 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics and science assessment of eighth-grade students.…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Research Methodology, Research Design, Trend Analysis
The Utility of Third International Mathematics and Science Study Scales in Predicting Students' State Examination Performance
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Sofroniou, Nick; Kellaghan, Thomas – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2004
To examine the predictive utility of three scales provided in the released database of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) (international plausible values, standardized percent correct score, and national Rasch score), information was obtained on the performance in state examinations in mathematics and science in 1996…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictive Validity, National Competency Tests, Mathematics Tests