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Nicole Wernert; Marina Schmid; Sima Rodrigues – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2024
Australia participated in the eighth cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). TIMSS is an international sample study that assesses the mathematics and science achievement of Year 4 and Year 8 students every 4 years. Australia has participated in all cycles of TIMSS since it commenced in 1995 and over this 28-year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Nicole Wernert; Marina Schmid; Sima Rodrigues – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2024
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an international comparative study of student achievement directed by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). TIMSS was first conducted in 1995 and the 2023 assessment formed the eighth cycle, providing 28 years of trends in mathematics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Celebuski, Carin A.; Farris, Elizabeth – 1990
The Task Force on Global Biodiversity of the National Science Board is charged with developing a course of action for the National Science Foundation to follow to promote responsible management of global biological diversity. Effective management of the problem is hampered by a shortage of systematic biologists--scientists who identify, document,…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Biology, College Faculty, Degrees (Academic)
Abramovitz, Janet N. – 1989
The increasing loss of biological diversity, resulting from the loss of genetic diversity, the extinction of species, and the destruction of ecosystems, constitutes a crisis of global proportions. The resources being committed to its resolution are relatively small. This document summarizes a survey of U.S.-based organizations involved in…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Biological Sciences, College Science, Conservation (Environment)