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Download full textMullis, Ina V.S.; Martin, Michael O.; Foy, Pierre; Drucker, Kathleen T. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2012
PIRLS is an international assessment of reading comprehension at the fourth grade that has been conducted every five years since 2001. In 2011, nationally representative samples of students in 49 countries participated in PIRLS and prePIRLS. Forty-five countries assessed fourth grade students, and some countries participated in one or more of the…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Grade 4, International Studies
Martin, Michael O., Ed.; Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) is an international assessment of mathematics and science at the fourth and eighth grades that has been conducted every four years since 1995, with the most recent assessment in 2011. PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) is an international assessment of reading…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Grade 4
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Direct linkDavey, Sandy; Smith, Walter S.; Merrill, Chris – Technology Teacher, 2009
Educators can connect their students internationally in meaningful activities that address multiple teaching standards that are of concern to educators, parents, and the public worldwide. In this article, the authors describe a project wherein Australian Year 7 students made an "Edible Lunar Vehicle" (ELV) together with U.S. college…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Technological Literacy, Grade 6
Yang, Der-Ching – Educational Studies, 2005
In an interview setting, 21 6th-graders from four public schools in south Taiwan were asked a series of questions, related to whole and decimal numbers, designed to assess their number sense. Eight students were randomly selected from both low and middle performance levels, and five were selected from a high-performance level, according to their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arithmetic, Interviews, Grade 6
Donovan, Jenny; Hutton, Penny; Lennon, Melissa; O'Connor, Gayl; Morrissey, Noni – Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2008
In July 2001, the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) agreed to the development of assessment instruments and key performance measures for reporting on student skills, knowledge and understandings in primary science. It directed the newly established Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Media Literacy, Scientific Concepts
Donovan, Jenny; Lennon, Melissa; O'Connor, Gayl; Morrissey, Noni – Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2008
In 2003 the first nationally-comparable science assessment was designed, developed and carried out under the auspices of the national council of education ministers, the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA). In 2006 a second science assessment was conducted and, for the first time nationally, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Science Achievement, Comparative Analysis
Wu, Margaret; Donovan, Jenny; Hutton, Penny; Lennon, Melissa – Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2008
In July 2001, the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) agreed to the development of assessment instruments and key performance measures for reporting on student skills, knowledge and understandings in primary science. It directed the newly established Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Science Achievement, Comparative Analysis
