| Broadly speaking, the impetus behind the No Child Left Behind legislation, and efforts to raise performance expectations and close the Achievement Gap, stem from concerns about international competition and a growing recognition of population changes and the revolutionary impacts of technology on the ways we do business and the world economy.
Heard the One About the 600,000 Chinese Engineers?
Gerald W. Bracey, Washington Post 5/21/2006
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August 2009 - U.S. Performance Across International Assessments of Student Achievement: Special Supplement to The Condition of Education 2009 - What do the international tests tell us about student achievement in the United States?, National Center for Education Statistics (Full report).
October 2007 - Into the Eye of the Storm: Assessing the Evidence on Science and Engineering Education, Quality, and Workforce Demand - Recent policy reports claim the United States is falling behind other nations in science and math education and graduating insufficient numbers of scientists and engineers. Review of the evidence and analysis of actual graduation rates and workforce needs does not find support for these claims, Urban Institute.
August 2007 - Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2006 - Provides information about academic performance (2003 PISA and TIMSS), education expenditures and good descriptions of the education programs in G-8 countries, National Center for Education Statistics.
June 2006 - U.S. Student and Adult Performance on International Assessments of Educational Achievement - Findings from The Condition of Education 2006, National Center for Education Statistics.
August 2006 - International Comparison - Minnesota is first state to sign up to take 2007 TIMSS exam, Education Week.
March 2006 - Comparing Science Content in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2000 and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 Assessments - This is a VERY technical report, but if you stick to the introduction it will give you a sense of the similarities/differences between the two tests, National Center for Education Statistics.
November 2005 - Reassessing U.S. International Mathematics Performance: New Findings from the 2003 TIMSS and PISA, American Institutes for Research.
2004 - Comparing NAEP, TIMSS, and PISA in Mathematics and Science, National Center for Education Statistics.
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