Nancy
>
>
> TIMSS INTERNATIONAL DATABASE
>
>
> The TIMSS International Database is now available online at Boston
> College's TIMSS web site: wwwcsteep.bc.edu/TIMSS1/Database.html
>
> The TIMSS database contains a myriad of educational variables
> collected in more than 40 countries, including achievement results
> in mathematics and science for third- and fourth-grade students
> (Population 1), seventh- and eighth-grade students (Population 2),
> their teachers, and their school principals. The Population 3
> Database and User Guide will be available in early June, 1998.
>
> The database is divided by population and country and is in ASCII
> format. Data files are compressed using the ZIP compression
> utility. Documentation for the database is available in Acrobat
> PDF format.
>
> The TIMSS International Database site includes:
>
> Programs: These files include programs that allow the user to
> convert the raw data files into SAS datasets or SPSS system files,
> estimate sampling variance using the jackknife repeated
> replication method, and convert item response codes to score
> values.
>
> Data Almanacs: These data almanacs are text files that display
> unweighted summary statistics for each participating country for
> each variable in the background questionnaires.
>
> Codebooks: The codebook files contain all information related to
> the structure of the data files as well as the source, format,
> descriptive labels, and response option codes for all variables.
>
> Test-Curriculum Matching Analysis Files (TCMA): These files
> contain data collected for the TIMSS test-curriculum matching
> analysis.
>
> User Guide: The User Guide accompanies the international database
> for the Primary and Middle School Years (TIMSS Populations 1 and
> 2). It provides instructions for using the Data, Programs,
> Almanacs, Codebooks, and TCMA files.
>
> Data Files: These files include the written assessment data,
> performance assessment data, background questionnaire data (for
> students, teachers, and schools), coding reliability data,
> information to link teachers to students, and sampling weights.
>
>
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>Ian Peat
>Executive Director
>Ohio Mathematics and Science Coalition
>Miami University tel: 513-727-3237
>4200 E. University Blvd. fax: 513-727-3367
>Middletown, OH 45042 email: peati@muohio.edu
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Nancy J. Sattler
Curriculum Chair
Terra Community College
2830 Napoleon Road
Fremont, OH 43420
phone:419-334-8400, ext. 179
fax: 419-334-9414
email: nsattler@terra.cc.oh.us
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