United States National Center- Third International Mathematics and Science Studies

密歇根州立大学正在申请资金支持美国国家第三次国际数学与科学研究中心（TIMSS）。此外，我们要求支持进行美国课程分析和国际数据分析。由国际教育成就评价协会（教育评价协会）赞助的TIMSS将是1990年代主要的国际评价活动。世界各国政府对评估学校所学知识的兴趣反映了全球认识到科学素养和经济生产力是密不可分的，数学作为现代技术的通用语言处于最前沿（Walberg, 1983）。评估可以在确定必要的教育改革方面发挥关键作用。迄今为止，世界上已有40-50个国家承诺参加TIMSS。这项研究将在1993-94年和1997-98年进行。美国国际能源署大会代表戈登·安巴赫（Gordon Ambach）至少在总体上同意美国参加TIMSS，并得到了美国国家科学院教育国际比较研究委员会、美国国家科学基金会和美国国家教育统计中心的认可。这些活动包括以下三个主要任务：管理和监督美国参与TIMMS；这包括国家中心必须执行的所有行政和协调活动，以确保美国参与TIMSS是由影响美国各级数学和科学教育的许多背景现实所通知和塑造的，并在国内高度协调。这项任务的广度将需要一组专业人员来协调这项责任和有关人员。这项任务是要求提供这笔资金的主要工作。为TIMSS进行美国课程分析：国家中心将进行美国课程分析。这将分三个阶段进行：与ICC一起定义课程材料的抽样框架，进行分析，并编写美国报告《开展国际课程数据分析和开发报告》。这将涉及发展一个复杂的数据档案和建立分析的权重和程序，详细的数据分析将在密歇根州立大学完成，以及发展和传播比较各国在科学和数学课程方面的广泛专著。

With this proposal, Michigan State University is requesting funds to support the U.S. National Center for the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). In addition, we are requesting support to conduct the United States curriculum analysis and to do the international data analysis. The TIMSS sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), will be the major international assessment activity during the 1990's. The interest which governments around the world have in assessing what is learned in school is a reflection of a global recognition that scientific literacy and economic productivity are inextricably linked, with mathematics at the forefront as the universal language of modern technology (Walberg, 1983). Assessment can play a critical part in the identification of needed reforms in education. Thus far, 40-50 countries around the world are committed to participate in TIMSS. The study will take place in 1993-94 and 1997-98. United States participation in TIMSS has been agreed to at least in general terms as conveyed by the U.S. IEA General Assembly Representative Gordon Ambach and as endorsed by the National Academy of Science Board for International Comparative Studies in Education, by the National Science Foundation, and the National Center for Education Statistics. The activities involve three major tasks outlined below: Administration and Supervision of U.S. Participation in TIMMS: This includes all of the administrative and coordination activities the National Center must perform to ensure that the U.S. participation in TIMSS is informed and shaped by the many contextual realities that affect U.S. mathematics and science education at all levels and is highly coordinated within the country. The breadth of this task will require a staff of professionals to coordinate this responsibility and the people involved. This task constitutes the major work for which this funding is being requested. Conduct of U.S. Curriculum Analysis for TIMSS: The National Center will undertake the U.S. curriculum analysis. This will be carried out in three phases: definition of the sampling frame with regard to the curricular materials in conjunction with the ICC, conduct of the analysis, and development of the U.S. report Conduct International Curriculum Data Analysis and Develop Report: This will involve the development of a complex data file and constructing of weights and procedures for analysis, detailed data analysis to be completed at Michigan State University and development and dissemination of extensive monograph contrasting countries with regard to science and mathematics curriculum.