Measurement in the Middle Grades: Insights from NAEP and TIMSS

Tony Thompson; Ronald Preston 

May 2004, Volume 9, Issue 9, Page 514

Abstract:
Summarizing results from NAEP and TIMSS that show measurement education to be a major weakness in the United States, particularly for minority students. Strategies on how to improve measurement education in the middle grades are discussed.

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