Sentences with phrase «international comparison tests»

What do you feel would be the best teacher employment system you could set up in terms of which would maximize test scores on the international comparison tests, i.e. which would maximize math and reading comprehension scores, essay writing ability, knowledge of science history, economics and social studies, etc?

But a detailed study of students» performance on TIMSS as well as on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), another widely reported international comparison test, by B. Lindsay Lowell of Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of International Migration and Hal Salzman of the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., suggests otherwise.

Not exact matches

Sub-Project One: collection of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) ratings and comparison with PISA difficulty ratings; a study of differential item functioning across tests delivered in13 countries.

One could forgive the American public if, upon examining the results of recent international tests, it regarded East - Asian nations as a single educational behemoth that had perfected a uniform strategy for dominating the United States in comparisons of students» mathematical ability.

Their success has also been replicable: There are now seven international schools in Seattle Public Schools (an eighth will open in fall 2013), and in six of the seven, students outperform district comparison groups on state tests.

To facilitate a comparison between the United States as a whole and other nations, the aggregate U.S. trend is estimated from that same 14 - year period and each U.S. test is weighted to take into account the specific years that international tests were administered.

Concerned citizens often need to understand test scores to make sense of the frequent press coverage of international comparisons of student achievement.

In recent research with Guido Schwerdt and Lei Zhang, we turn to international comparisons to test the proposition that the life - cycle impact of vocational education might be quite different from that observed at entry into the labor market.

In countries whose education systems rank highest on international comparisons, students take far fewer standardized tests than American kids do.

Japan's education system has long been viewed as a model because of its strong performance on international - comparison tests and its celebrated mathematics curriculum.

While international tests and international comparisons are not without merit, international test data are notoriously limited in their ability to shed light on why students in any country have higher or lower test scores than in another.

He specializes in educational assessment and the linguistic and cultural issues that are relevant to both international test comparisons and the testing of cultural and linguistic minorities.

He specializes in educational measurement, assessment development, and the linguistic and cultural issues that are relevant to both the testing of linguistic minorities and international test comparisons.

Some people criticize international education comparisons, such as PISA, pointing out that the United States has had mediocre performance on international tests since A Nation at Risk first issued its warning in 1983 — but that the country has still prospered economically.

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Today, elected officials of all political stripes and advocates for a range of school policies scrutinize the results from international exams and comparisons with the intensity that, a decade ago, would have been reserved for state and local test scores.

These tests, covering mathematics, science, and reading, provide direct international comparisons of skills.

This Topics section examines several currently hot topics — including common standards, international comparisons, and cheating — in the often - contentious realm of standards and testing.

In fact, U.S. schoolchildren do better in the other major international comparison, the TIMSS, which is a more traditional test of the academic curriculum.

C. Solar Irradiance Forecasting: test, development [15][16] and comparison of forecast methods covering different time scales and methodologies [17][18][19] have been topics under international collaborations.

Administrative Technician III for Texas Department of Transportation: - Implement improved and time saving procedures; consistently reduce overhead costs, improve workflow and increase office efficiency - Create and maintain a database of public assistance complaints; assign an internal investigator to each case and follow - up once closed - Developed and monitor a calendar system using PowerPoint where accurate records of vacation / sick leave / comp time used and accrued are tracked month - to - month for comparison with monthly time sheets - Answer inquiries from the general public, vehicle storage facility operators, motor carriers, the trucking industry and other state / federal agencies regarding rules, laws and regulations governing the issuance of motor carrier credentials - Prepare correspondence (email and written) and review for completeness and correctness - Field calls and manage administration, resolve a wide - range of staff dilemmas and challenging situations on a daily basisPrincipal Administrative Assistant for Solar Turbines, Inc.: - Provided support to Directors, Department Managers, Project Managers and Project Engineers as well as international personnel - Maintained detailed calendars of appointment schedules for business meetings, conferences, domestic / international travel arrangements and special events - Expertly ran this fast - paced, large office encompassing office and structure maintenance, scheduling of machine / equipment service and repairs, and ordering and stocking office supplies; updated and maintained department web pages - Compiled, created and distributed financial reports and PowerPoint presentations - Edited and formatted technical documentation and maintained filing systems - Coordinated extensive domestic and international travel arrangements, including air, hotel, car and meeting locations - Planned departmental meetings, special events and office movesSenior Administrative Assistant for Solar Turbines, Inc.: - Supported Department Manager and Supervisors, Manufacturing Engineers and shop personnel - Tracked and monitored pending and confidential correspondence and financial information - Prepared apprenticeship packets for distribution; received applications, recorded data, and set - up and coordinated Differential Aptitude Tests; notified applicants of test results and set - up initial interviews - Coordinated special events; managed information systems and maintained web pages; oversee special projects - Resolved office obstacles, communication barriers and complicationsSenior Program Assistant for Solar Turbines, Inc.: - Photographed, downloaded and printed digital pictures of parts, processes and people involved in Rotor CAM area - Created and produced departmental newsletter; initiated Receiving Inspection Records Retention process (scanned records onto CD for easy and accessible retrieval and storage)- Set - up and coordinated meetings and special events; created slide show presentations and maintained web pagesPage 2

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study tests the effectiveness of cultural - adapted Strengthening Families Program (SFP)-- Portuguese version compared to 11 years of SFP international norms.