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Direct linkBracey, Gerald W. – Principal Leadership, 2001
Factors contributing to American students' declining scores on the TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study) between grades 4 and 8 include textbook size and U.S. educators' traditional views of middle-school years. Bad data probably invalidate claims about the grade 8 to 12 decline. International reading scores favor Americans.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Education, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education
