Schooling across the globe : what we have learned from 60 years of mathematics and science international assessments / William H. Schmidt, College of Education, Michigan State University, Richard T. Houang, College of Education, Michigan State University, Leland S. Cogan, College of Education, Michigan State University, Michelle L. Solorio, College of Education, Michigan State University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, William H., author.

Houang, Richard Ting-Ku, author.

Cogan, Leland S. (Leland Scott), author.

Solorio, Michelle L., author.

Series:

Educational and psychological testing in a global context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Curricula.

Mathematics.

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Cross-cultural studies.

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Longitudinal studies.

Science--Study and teaching--Curricula.

Science.

Science--Study and teaching--Cross-cultural studies.

Science--Study and teaching--Longitudinal studies.

Mathematics--Study and teaching.

Science--Study and teaching.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Longitudinal studies.

Physical Description:

xix, 318 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Schooling matters. The authors' professional pursuits for over twenty-five years have been focused on measuring one key aspect of schooling: the curriculum - what students are expected to study and what they spend their time studying. This documents their conviction that schools and schooling play a vital and defining role in what students know and are able to do with respect to mathematics and science. This research examines seventeen international studies of mathematics and science to provide a nuanced comparative education study. Whilst including multiple measures of students' family and home backgrounds, these studies measure the substance of the curriculum students study which has been shown to have a strong relationship with student performance. Such studies have demonstrated the interrelatedness of student background and curriculum. Student background influences their opportunities to learn and their achievements, yet their schooling can have even greater significance. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. The Historical Development of Modern International Comparative Assessments: Beginning the modern investigation of the role of schooling across the globe

The arrival of TIMSS and PISA

Part II. Conducting International Assessments in Mathematics and Science: Who participates in international assessments?

What students know: from items to total scaled scores

Relating assessment to OTL: domain-sensitive testing

The evolution of the concept of opportunity to learn

The 1995 TIMSS curriculum analysis and beyond

Characterizing student home and family background

Part III. The Lessons Learned from International Assessments of Mathematics and Science: Pitfalls and challenges

What has been learned about the role of schooling: the interplay of SES, OTL, and performance

Where do we go from here?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781107170902

1107170907

OCLC:

1043953334

Publisher Number:

40028928742