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Schmidt, William H.; Cogan, Leland S.; Houang, Richard T.; McKnight, Curtis C. – American Journal of Education, 2011
This article utilizes the 1999 TIMSS-R data from U.S. states and districts to explore the consequences of variation in opportunities to learn specific mathematics content. Analyses explore the relationship between classroom mathematics content coverage and student achievement as measured by the TIMSS-R international mathematics scaled score.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Course Content, Correlation
Schmidt, William H.; Cogan, Leland S.; Houang, Richard T. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
In this article the authors set out to examine the effect of tracking in mathematics. Previous analyses have shown it to be quite prevalent at 8th grade unlike much of the rest of the world. The US practices both between- and within-school tracking, leading to very different content coverage for different students. Without judging the merits of…
Descriptors: Track System (Education), Grade 7, Grade 8, Middle School Students