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EPAA has just published Volume 9 Number 33 "Similarity of
Mathematics and Science Achievement of Various Nations" by
Algirdas Zabulionis.

The article can be accessed directly at
http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n33/

An abstract follows:

Similarity of Mathematics and Science Achievement
of Various Nations

Algirdas Zabulionis
Vilnius University
Lithuania

Abstract
In 1991-97, the International Association for the Evaluation
of Educational Achievement (IEA) undertook a Third
International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in which
data about the mathematics and science achievement of the
thirteen year-old students in more than 40 countries were
collected. These data provided the opportunity to search for
patterns of students' answers to the test items: which group
of items was relatively more difficult (or more easy) for the
students from a particular country (or group of countries).
Using this massive data set an attempt was made to measure
the similarities among country profiles of how students
responded to the test items.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives
College of Education,
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