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Topçu, Mustafa Sami; Arikan, Serkan; Erbilgin, Evrim – Australian Educational Researcher, 2015
The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) enables participating countries to monitor 15-year old students' progress in reading, mathematics, and science literacy. The present study investigates persistent factors that contribute to science performance of Turkish students in PISA 2006 and PISA 2009. Additionally, the study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Achievement, Science Tests, Testing Programs
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Jiang, Feng; McComas, William F. – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Gauging the effectiveness of specific teaching strategies remains a major topic of interest in science education. Inquiry teaching among others has been supported by extensive research and recommended by the National Science Education Standards. However, most of the empirical evidence in support was collected in research settings rather than in…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Instruction, Science Achievement
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Alonzo, Alicia C.; Ke, Li – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2016
A new vision of science learning described in the "Next Generation Science Standards"--particularly the science and engineering practices and their integration with content--pose significant challenges for large-scale assessment. This article explores what might be learned from advances in large-scale science assessment and…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Science Tests, Group Testing, Accountability
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Liem, Gregory Arief D.; Martin, Andrew J.; Anderson, Michael; Gibson, Robyn; Sudmalis, David – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Drawing on the Programme for International Student Assessment 2003 data set comprising over 190,000 15-year-old students in 25 countries, the current study sought to examine the role of arts-related information and communication technology (ICT) use in students' problem-solving skill and science and mathematics achievement. Structural equation…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Computer Use
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Brennan, Robert L. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
The discussion here covers five articles that are linked in the sense that they all treat population invariance. This discussion of population invariance is a somewhat broader treatment of the subject than simply a discussion of these five articles. In particular, occasional reference is made to publications other than those in this issue. The…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Law Schools, Science Achievement, Achievement Tests
Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2007
This article reports on reactions to the U.S. Department of Education's first time decision to sit out an international study designed to show how advanced high school students around the world measure up in math and science. Mark S. Schneider, the commissioner of the department's National Center for Education Statistics, which normally takes the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Tests
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Petersen, Nancy S. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
This article discusses the five studies included in this issue. Each article addressed the same topic, population invariance of equating. They all used data from major standardized testing programs, and they all used essentially the same statistics to evaluate their results, namely, the root mean square difference and root expected mean square…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Standardized Tests, Equated Scores, Evaluation Methods
Miller-Whitehead, Marie – Research in the Schools, 2001
Examined the relationship between school system financial and demographic data and student achievement in the science section of the 1998 Tennessee statewide Terra Nova tests. Results indicate that while many schools had science scale score achievement higher than expected based on system demographics, others should examine a variety of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Class Size, Educational Finance, School Demography
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Buckendahl, Chad W.; Huynh, Huynh; Siskind, Theresa; Saunders, Joseph – Applied Measurement in Education, 2005
Under the adequate yearly progress requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act (2001), states are currently faced with the challenge of demonstrating continuous improvement in student performance in reading and mathematics. Beginning in 2007 to 2008, science will be required as a component of the NCLB Act. This article describes South…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Standard Setting, Elementary School Science
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Hanushek, Eric A. – Education Next, 2003
Argues that failure to improve the quality of public education since publication of "A Nation at Risk" has cost the American economy hundreds of billions of dollars in unrealized growth. Asserts that policymakers must look beyond the largely ineffective efforts to improve school quality by increasing expenditures and reducing class size.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Policy