Exhibit 2.3

Exhibit 2.3

Top 10% TIMSS International Benchmark – Example Item 2

An Item That Students Reaching the Top 10% International Benchmark Are Likely to Answer Correctly*

Exhibit 2.3

Footnotes

•	This item was answered correctly by a majority of students reaching this benchmark.
	States in italics did not fully satisfy guidelines for sample participation rates (see Appendix A for details).
†	Met guidelines for sample participation rates only after replacement schools were included (see Exhibit A.6).
2	National Defined Population covers less than 90 percent of National Desired Population (see Exhibit A.3).
( )	Standard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.