TIMSS-07 comment

In the comments on TIMSS-07 math scores, one important aspect
has not been mentioned.



Grade 8	US	Minn.	Korea	Singapore
Number	510	537	583	597
Algebra	501	515	596	579
Geometry	480	505	587	578
Data and Chance	531	560	580	574

Korea and Singapore have balanced scores, the US and Minnesota do not. The first three areas are the core areas of mathematics on which otherthings are built. We have to improve on them.

Dick Askey

John Hechinger has more:

U.S. fourth- and eighth-graders improved their math scores in a closely watched international test, but continued to lag well behind peers from top-performing Asian countries. U.S. students also failed to show measurable gains in science.

The U.S. and other governments on Tuesday released the results of the test, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, the world's largest assessment of international achievement. Some 425,000 students in almost 60 countries took the exam, administered every four years, starting in 1995.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 12, 2008 6:33 AM
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