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Wertheim, Jill – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2016
This article presents the author's response to the article "Taking Stock: Existing Resources for Assessing a New Vision of Science Learning" by Alonzo and Ke (this issue), which identifies numerous challenges that the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) pose for large-scale assessment. Jill Werthem comments that among those…
Descriptors: Measurement, Science Tests, Educational Assessment, Academic Standards
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Wang, Jianjun; Ma, Xin – Athens Journal of Education, 2019
This rejoinder keeps the original focus on statistical computing pertaining to the correlation of student achievement between mathematics and science from the Trend in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Albeit the availability of student performance data in TIMSS and the emphasis of the inter-subject connection in the Next Generation Science…
Descriptors: Scores, Correlation, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rieger, G. W.; Reinsberg, S. A.; Wieman, C. E. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
We present a comment on "Benefits of completing homework for students with different aptitudes in an introductory electricity and magnetism course", by F. J. Kontur, K. de La Harpe, and N. B. Terry PRST-PER 11, 010105 (2015). Our data show that the conclusions Kontur and coworkers draw from their data may not be generally applicable.
Descriptors: Homework, Energy, Magnets, Science Instruction
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Mullis, Ina V. S.; Martin, Michael O. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2016
Linking IEA's international reading assessments across 40 years is an interesting endeavor from several perspectives. Being able to examine trends in reading achievement at the 4th grade over such a long period and relate these to policy changes during that time span is an attractive idea. However, this work brings to the fore many thorny issues…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Trend Analysis, International Assessment, Reading Tests