Cross-posted from Education Week The headline in Education Week was typical: "Most States Surpass Global Average in Math, Science." The paper was referring to the results from a recently released NAEP-TIMSS linking study. That, of course, is good news and a welcome relief from a long...
By Emily Kingsland Earlier this month, the Center for International Education Benchmarking introduced a new feature on its web site. The Study Guide is intended to provide readers with a weekly summary of headlines from the top-performing education systems in the world. This month’s International Reads...
This is a second version of this article intended to correct an error made in the first version.* By Marc Tucker My apologies to Maimonides. But I would not blame you if you were perplexed about the recent dust-up after the latest PIRLS and TIMSS data came...
By Emily Wicken In December, the results of the 2011 administration of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) were published in three separate reports, each examining international performance in reading (at the fourth grade level),...