Proposal for an International Conference on Mathematics: Analyses of IEA Studies in Mathematics; November 9-11, 2006; Washington, DC

本提案的目的是为第三次（或趋势）国际数学与科学研究（TIMSS）的数据文件分析提供论文写作支持。这本书的主题包括课程教学和学校制度。这本书将侧重于数学的学习，特别是代数。这些论文将于2006年在布鲁金斯学会的一次国际会议上发表。国际教育成就评价协会（教育评价机构）将邀请其成员出席一次会议，提出关于分析TIMSS的文件。布鲁金斯学会提议利用这个机会在主持会议的同时写一本书，对1995年、1999年和2003年进行的研究数据集进行二次分析。提案中载有将在最后一卷中出现的论文大纲。它将讨论与学生成绩有关的主题，如学生能力跟踪、技术和教学、课程广度、学校规模、教师准备和教学改革的效果。

The purpose of this proposal is to support writing papers for analysis of the data files from the Third (or Trends) International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). The themes for the book include curriculum instruction, and school systems. The book would focus on the learning of mathematics, with a specific focus on Algebra. The papers would be presented at an international conference at Brookings Institution in 2006. The International Association for Evaluation in Educational Achievement (IEA) would invite its members to attend a conference to present papers on the analysis of TIMSS. The Brookings institution proposes to use this opportunity while hosting the meeting itself to write a book that conducts secondary analysis of the data sets for the studies that have been conducted in 1995, 1999, and 2003. The proposal contains an outline of the papers that would appear in the final volume. It would address topics related to student achievement such as student ability tracking, technology and instruction, curricular breadth, school size, teacher preparation, and effects of instructional reform.