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Boe, Erling E.; Shin, Sujie – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
It is widely believed and lamented that U.S. students perform poorly on international comparisons of academic achievement. For example, Edward Silver reports that U.S. seventh- and eighth-grade students performed poorly on the mathematics section of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 1995) and that this indicates "a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Education, Academic Achievement
