Lessons Learned What International Assessments Tell Us about Math Achievement

Foreword

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Secondary Analysis of Data from International Assessments - by Tom Loveless

2. TIMSS in Perspective: Lessons Learned from IEA's Four Decades of International Mathematics Assessments - by Ina V. S. Mullis and Michael O. Martin

3. Understanding Causal Influences on Educational Achievement through Analysis of Differences over Time within Countries - by Jan-Eric Gustafsson

4. Lack of Focus in the Mathematics Curriculum: Symptom or Cause? - by William H. Schmidt and Richard T. Houang

5. U.S. Algebra Performance in an International Context - by Jeremy Kilpatrick, Vilma Mesa, and Finbarr Sloane

6. What Can TIMSS Surveys Tell Us about Mathematics REforms in the United States during the 1990s? - by Laura S. Hamilton and Jose Felipe Martinez

7. School Size and Student Achievement in TIMSS 2003

8. Examining Educational Technology and Achievement through Latent Variable Modeling - by Elena C. Papanastasiou and Efi Paparistodemou

9. Comparisons between PISA and TIMSS--Are We the Man with Two Watches? - by Dougal Hutchinson and Ian Schagen

Contributors

Index