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View Resource Pursuing Excellence: A Study of U. S. Twelfth-Grade Mathematics and Science Achievement in International Context

The third portion of the US Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics Initial Findings from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) (discussed in the December 13, 1996 Scout Report) has been made available at the TIMSS site. The report discusses the dismal performance of US twelfth grade students compared to their international counterparts. Of 21...

https://nces.ed.gov/timss/
View Resource Pursuing Excellence: Comparisons of International Eighth-Grade Mathematics and Science Achievement from an U.S. Perspective, 1995 and 1999

Released in December, this 117-page report constitutes the latest installment of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which compares US math and science achievements in elementary and secondary education with that of 26 other TIMSS countries (see the June 13, 1997 Scout Report for information on earlier installments). "The report details findings on the performance of...

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/2001028.pdf