Exhibit 2.12

Upper Quarter TIMSS International Benchmark – Example Item 10

An Item That Students Reaching the Upper Quarter International Benchmark Are Likely to Answer Correctly*

 

Exhibit 2.12

 

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).
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Standard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.

 

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