Science Benchmarking Report TIMSS 1999–Eighth Grade

 

 

 

APPENDIX E: Acknowledgements

TIMSS 1999 and the TIMSS Benchmarking Study were collaborative efforts among hundreds of individuals around the world. Staff from the national research centers in each participating country and from each Benchmarking jurisdiction, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), the International Study Center (ISC) at Boston College, advisors, and funding agencies worked closely to develop and implement the projects. They would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of all involved. Below, the individuals and organizations are acknowledged for their contributions. Given that implementing the studies has spanned approximately four years and involved so many people and organizations, this list may not pay heed to all who contributed throughout the life of the project. Any omission is inadvertent. TIMSS 1999 and the Benchmarking Study also acknowledge the students, teachers, and school principals who contributed their time and effort to the study. This report would not be possible without them.

Funding Agencies

Funding for the international coordination of TIMSS 1999 was provided by the National Center for Education Statistics (TIMSS) in the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the World Bank, and participating countries. Each participating country was responsible for funding local project costs and implementing TIMSS 1999 in accordance with the international procedures. Funding for the overall design, administration, data management, and quality assurance activities of TIMSS Benchmarking was provided by TIMSS, NSF, and the Of€ce of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in the U.S. Department of Education. Valena Plisko, Eugene Owen, and Patrick Gonzales of TIMSS; Janice Earle, Larry Suter, and Elizabeth VanderPutten of NSF; Carol Sue Fromboluti and Jill Edwards Staton of OERI, and Maggie McNeely formerly of OERI each played a crucial role in making TIMSS 1999 and the Benchmarking Study possible and for ensuring the quality of the studies. Each Benchmarking participant contracted directly with Boston College to fund data-collection activities in its own jurisdiction.

Management and Operations

TIMSS 1999 was conducted under the auspices of the IEA. TIMSS 1999 was co-directed by Michael O. Martin and Ina V.S. Mullis, and managed centrally by the staff of the International Study Center in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. Although the study was directed by the International Study Center and its staff members implemented various parts of TIMSS 1999, important activities also were carried out in centers around the world. In the IEA Secretariat in Amsterdam, Hans Wagemaker, Executive Director, was responsible for overseeing fundraising and country participation. The IEA Secretariat also coordinated translation veri€cation and recruiting of international quality control monitors. The data were processed centrally by the IEA Data Processing Center in Hamburg. Statistics Canada in Ottawa was responsible for collecting and evaluating the sampling documentation from each country and for calculating the sampling weights. Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey, conducted the scaling of the achievement data.

For the Benchmarking Study, Westat in Rockville, Maryland, was responsible for sampling, data collection activities, and preliminary data processing. National Computer Systems (NCS) in Iowa City, Iowa, conducted the scoring for Benchmarking jurisdictions along with the national scoring effort. All data were processed in accordance with international standards at the IEA Data Processing Center. Scaling of the achievement data was conducted by Educational Testing Service.

IEA Secretariat

Hans Wagemaker, Executive Director
Barbara Malak, Manager Membership Relations
Leendert Dijkhuizen, Fiscal Of€cer

International Study Center at Boston College Responsible for TIMSS and PIRLS

Michael O. Martin, Co-Director
Ina V.S. Mullis, Co-Director
Eugenio J. González, Director of Operations and Data Analysis
Kathleen M. O’Connor, TIMSS Benchmarking Coordinator
Kelvin D. Gregory, TIMSS Study Coordinator
Teresa A. Smith, TIMSS Science Coordinator
Robert Garden, TIMSS Mathematics Coordinator
Dana L. Kelly, pirls Study Coordinator
Steven Chrostowski, Research Associate
Ce Shen, Research Associate (former)
Julie Miles, Research Associate
Steven Stemler, Research Associate
Ann Kennedy, Research Associate
Maria José Ramirez, Research Assistant
Joseph Galia, Statistician/Programmer
Lana Seliger, Statistician/Programmer (former)
Andrea Pastelis, Database Manager
Kieran Brosnan, Technology Support Specialist
Christine Conley, Publications Design Manager
José Nieto, Publications Manager
Thomas Hoffmann, Internet Communications Manager
Mario Pita, Data Graphics Specialist
Betty Hugh, Data Graphics Specialist
Christina Lopez, Data Graphics Specialist
(former)
Isaac Li, Data Graphics Assistant
Kathleen Packard, Manager, Finance
Susan Comeau, Manager, Of€ce Administration
Ann Tan, Manager, Conference Administration
Monica Guidi, Administrative Coordinator
Laura Misas, Administrative Coordinator
Rita Holmes, Administrative Coordinator

Statistics Canada

Pierre Foy, Senior Methodologist
Marc Joncas, Senior Methodologist
Andrea Farkas, Junior Methodologist
Salina Park, Cooperative Exchange Student

IEA Data Processing Center

Dirk Hastedt, Senior Researcher
Heiko Sibberns, Senior Researcher
Knut Schwippert, Senior Researcher
Caroline Dupeyrat, Researcher
Oliver Neuschmidt, Researcher
Stephan Petzchen, Research Assistant
Anneke Niemeyer, Research Assistant
Juliane Pickel, Research Assistant

Educational Testing Service

Kentaro Yamamoto, Principal Research Scientist
Ed Kulick, Manager, Research Data Analysis

Westat

Nancy Caldwell, Vice President and Associate Director, Survey Operations Group
Keith Rust, Vice President and Associate Director, Statistical Group
Stephen Roey, Senior Systems Analyst

Project Management Team

Michael Martin, International Study Center
Ina Mullis, International Study Center
Eugenio González, International Study Center
Hans Wagemaker, IEA Secretariat
Dirk Hastedt, IEA Data Processing Center
Pierre Foy, Statistics Canada
Kentaro Yamamoto, Educational
Testing Service
Eugene Johnson, American Institutes
for Research

Sampling Referees

Pierre Foy, Statistics Canada – TIMSS 1999 Benchmarking
Keith Rust, Westat – TIMSS 1999 International

Benchmarking Participants

Individuals from each Benchmarking jurisdiction were instrumental in conducting the TIMSS Benchmarking Study in their state, district, or consortium. They were responsible for obtaining funding for the project; obtaining cooperation of sampled schools, classes, and students; responding to curriculum questionnaires; reviewing data; contributing to the development of the Benchmarking reports; and coordinating activities with the International Study Center. Jurisdictions would like to acknowledge the following people for their extensive contributions.

States

Connecticut

Patricia Brandt
Connecticut Department of Education
165 Capital Avenue
Hartford CT 06145-2219

Abigail L. Hughes
Connecticut Department of Education
165 Capital Avenue
Hartford CT 06145-2219

Douglas Rindone
Connecticut Department of Education
165 Capital Avenue
Hartford CT 06145-2219

Theodore S. Sergi
Connecticut Department of Education
165 Capital Avenue
Hartford CT 06145-2219

Idaho

Tom Farley
Idaho Department of Education
P.O. Box 83720
Boise ID 83720-0027

Susan Harrington
Idaho Department of Education
P.O. Box 83720
Boise ID 83720-0027

Sally Tiel
Idaho Department of Education
P.O. Box 83720
Boise ID 83720-0027

Illinois

Mervin Brennan
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street
Spring€eld IL 62777

Carmen Chapman
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street
Spring€eld IL 62777

Megan Forness
Illinois State Board of Education
Assessment E216
100 North First Street
Spring€eld IL 62777

Andy Metcalf
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street
Spring€eld IL 62777

Pam Stanko
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street
Spring€eld IL 62777

Indiana

Larry Grau
Of€ce of the Governor
State House
200 West Washington Street, Room 206
Indianapolis IN 46204-2797

Dwayne James
Indiana Department of Education
Room 229, State House
Indianapolis IN 46204

Stan Jones
Commissioner for Higher Education
101 West Ohio Street - Suite 550
Indianapolis IN 46204

Cheryl Orr
Indiana’s Education Roundtable
101 West Ohio Street - Suite 550
Indianapolis IN 46204

Suellen Reed
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Room 229, State House
Indianapolis IN 46204-2797

Cynthia Roach
Indiana Department of Education
Division of Assessment
Room 229, State House
Indianapolis IN 46204-2797

Maryland

Diane Householder
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore MD 21201-2595

Mark Moody
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore MD 21201-2595

Kathy Rosenberg
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore MD 21201-2595

Massachusetts

Jeffrey Nellhaus
Massachusetts Department of Education
350 Main Street
Malden MA 02148-5023

Sheldon Rothman
Massachusetts Department of Education
350 Main Street
Malden MA 02148-5023

Kit Viator
Massachusetts Department of Education
350 Main Street
Malden MA 02148-5023

Lori Wright
Massachusetts Department of Education
350 Main Street
Malden MA 02148-5023

Michigan

Charles Allan
Michigan Department of Education
Curriculum Development Program
P.O. Box 30008
Lansing MI 48909

Missouri

James Friedebach
Missouri Department of Education
205 Jefferson
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City MO 65102-0480

North Carolina

Louis Fabrizio
North Carolina Department
of Public Instruction
301 North Wilmington Street
Raleigh NC 27601-2825
Tammy Howard
North Carolina Department
of Public Instruction
301 North Wilmington Street
Raleigh NC 27601-2825

Oregon

Joanne Flint
Oregon Department of Education
255 Capital Street NE
Salem OR 97310-0203

Wayne Neuberger
Oregon Department of Education
255 Capital Street NE
Salem OR 97310-0203

Pennsylvania

R. Jay Gift
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street, 8th Floor
Harrisburg PA 17126-0333

Frank Marburger
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street, 8th Floor
Harrisburg PA 17126-0333

Lee Plempel
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street, 8th Floor
Harrisburg PA 17126-0333

Charlie Wayne
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street, 8th Floor
Harrisburg PA 17126-0333

South Carolina

Karen Horne
South Carolina Department of Education
1429 Senate Street
Columbia SC 29201

Susan Agruso
South Carolina Department of Education
1429 Senate Street
Columbia SC 29201

Lane Peeler
South Carolina Department of Education
611-B Rutledge Building
1429 Senate Street
Columbia SC 29201

Paul Sandifer
South Carolina Department of Education
607 Rutledge Building
1429 Senate Street
Columbia SC 29201

Teri Siskind
South Carolina Department of Education
607 Rutledge Building
1429 Senate Street
Columbia SC 29201

Texas

Chris Castillo Comer
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin TX 78701

Ed Miller
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin TX 78701-1494

Phyllis Stolp
Texas Education Agency
1700 North Congress Avenue
Austin TX 78701

Districts and Consortia

Academy School District #20

Wendy Crist
Academy School District #20
7610 North Union Boulevard
Colorado Springs CO 80920

Alisabeth Hohn
Academy School District #20
7610 North Union Boulevard
Colorado Springs CO 80920

Chicago Public Schools

Gery Chico
Chicago Public Schools
125 South Clark Street
Chicago IL 60603

Richard Daley
City Hall
121 North LaSalle Street
Chicago IL 60603

Joseph Hahn
Chicago Public Schools
125 South Clark Street 11th Floor
Chicago IL 60603

Phil Hansen
Chicago Public Schools
125 South Clark Street
Chicago IL 60603

Paul Vallas
Chicago Public Schools
125 South Clark Street
Chicago IL 60603

Melanie Wojtulewicz
Chicago Public Schools
1326 West 14th Place
Room 315A
Chicago IL 60608

Delaware Science Coalition

Gail Ames
Delaware Science Coalition
2916 Duncan Road
Wilmington DE 19808

John Collette
Delaware Science Coalition
309 Brockton Road
Wilmington DE 19803

Julie Cwikla Banks
University of Delaware
305 M Willard Hall
Newark DE 19716

Valerie Maxwell
Appoquinimink School District
118 South Sixth Street
Odessa DE 19730

First in the World Consortium

Elaine Aumiller
North Central Regional
Education Lab (NCREL)
1120 East Diehl Road, Suite 200
Naperville IL 60563

Blase Masini
North Central Regional
Education Lab (NCREL)
1120 East Diehl Road, Suite 200
Naperville IL 60563

Paul Kimmelman
1306 Hidden Lake Drive
Buffalo Grove IL 60089

David Kroeze
First in the World Consortium
Northbrook School District #27
1250 Sanders Road
Northbrook IL 60062

Fremont/Lincoln/Westside Public Schools

James Findley
Westside Public Schools
909 South 76th Street
Omaha NE 68114-4599

Marilyn Moore
Lincoln Public Schools
Box 82889
Lincoln NE 68501-2889

Stephen Sexton
Fremont Public Schools
957 North Pierce Street
Fremont NE 68025

Terry Snyder
Fremont Public Schools
957 North Pierce Street
Fremont NE 68025

Guilford County Schools

Lynne Johnson
Guilford County Schools
120 Franklin Boulevard
Greensboro NC 27401

Diane Spencer
Guilford County Schools
120 Franklin Boulevard
Greensboro NC 27401

Sadie Bryant Woods
Guilford County Schools
134 Franklin Boulevard
Greensboro NC 27401

Jersey City Public Schools

Richard DiPatri
Jersey City Public Schools
State District Superintendent
346 Claremont Avenue
Jersey City NJ 07305

Adele Macula
Jersey City Board of Education
346 Claremont Avenue
Jersey City NJ 07305

Aldo Sanchez-Abreu
Jersey City Board of Education
346 Claremont Avenue
Jersey City NJ 07305

Patsy Wang-Iverson
Mid-Atlantic Eisenhower Consortium
Research for Better Schools
444 North Third Street
Philadelphia PA 19123

Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Joseph Burke
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
1500 Biscayne Boulevard
Room 327T
Miami FL 33132

Gisela Feild
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
1500 Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 225
Miami FL 33132

Joseph Mathos
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
1450 Northeast 2nd Avenue #931
Miami FL 33132

Vilma Rubiera
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
1500 Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 225
Miami FL 33132

Alex Shneyderman
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
1500 Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 225
Miami FL 33132

Constance Thornton
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
1500 Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 327
Miami FL 33132

Michigan Invitational Group

Robert Dunn
Michigan Invitational Group
Michigan Department of Education
658 Grat Strasse
Manchester MI 48158

Montgomery County Public Schools

Marlaine Hartzman
Montgomery County Public Schools
850 Hungerford Drive, Room 11
Rockville MD 20850

John Larson
Montgomery County Public Schools
850 Hungerford Drive, Room 11
Rockville MD 20850

Naperville Community School District 203

Russ Bryan
Naperville Community School District 203
203 West Hillside Road
Naperville IL 60540

Lenore Johnson
Naperville Community School District 203
203 West Hillside Road
Naperville IL 60540

Jack Hinterlong
Naperville Community School District 203
203 Hillside Road
Naperville IL 60540

Donald E. Weber, Ed.D
Naperville Community School District 203
203 West Hillside Road
Naperville IL 60540

Jodi Wirt
Naperville Community School District 203
203 Hillside Road
Naperville IL 60540

Project SMART Consortium

Dennis Kowalski
Strongville City School
13200 Pearl Road
Stongsville OH 44136

Terry Krivak
c/o Ohio Aerospace Institute
22800 Cedar Point Road
Cleveland OH 44142

Anne Mikesell
Ohio Department of Education
25 South Front Street, 5th Floor
Columbus OH 43215

Linda Williams
Mentor Exempted Village
6451 Center Street
Mentor OH 44060

Paul R. Williams
Project smart Consortium
Beachwood City School District
24601 Fairmount Boulevard
Beachwood OH 44122

Rochester City School District

Ann Pinnella Brown
Rochester City School District
131 West Broad Street
Rochester NY 14614

Cecilia Golden
Rochester City School District
131 West Broad Street
Rochester NY 14614

Corinthia Sims
Rochester City School District
131 West Broad Street
Rochester NY 14614

Southwest Pennsylvania Math and Science Collaborative

Nancy Bunt
2650 Regional Enterprise Tower
425 Sixth Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15219

Marcia Seeley
2650 Regional Enterprise Tower
425 Sixth Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15219

Lou Tamler
2650 Regional Enterprise Tower
425 Sixth Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15219

Cynthia A. Tananis
University of Pittsburgh
5P26 WWPH School of Education
Pittsburgh PA 15260

National Research Coordinators

The TIMSS 1999 National Research Coordinators and their staff had the enormous task of implementing the TIMSS 1999 design. This required obtaining funding for the project; participating in the development of the instruments and procedures; conducting €eld tests; participating in and conducting training sessions; translating the instruments and procedural manuals into the local language; selecting the sample of schools and students; working with the schools to arrange for the testing; arranging for data collection, coding, and data entry; preparing the data €les for submission to the IEA Data Processing Center; contributing to the development of the international reports; and preparing national reports. The way in which the national centers operated and the resources that were available varied considerably across the TIMSS 1999 countries. In some countries, the tasks were conducted centrally, while in others, various components were subcontracted to other organizations. In some countries, resources were more than adequate, while in some cases, the national centers were operating with limited resources. Of course, across the life of the project, some nrcs have changed. This list attempts to include all past nrcs who served for a signi€cant period of time as well as all the present nrcs. All of the TIMSS 1999 National Research Coordinators and their staff members are to be commended for their professionalism and their dedication in conducting all aspects of TIMSS.

Australia

Susan Zammit
Australian Council for Educational
Research (acer)
19 Prospect Hill Road
Private Bag 55
Camberwell, Victoria 3124

Belgium (Flemish)

Christiane Brusselmans-Dehairs
Jean-Pierre Verhaeghe
Vakgroep Onderwijskunde Universiteit Gent
Henri Dunantlaan 2
B-9000 Gent

Jan Van Damme
Afd. Didactiek
Vesaliusstraat 2
B-3000 Leuven

Ann Van Den Broeck
Dekenstraat 2
Afd. Didactiek
B-3000 Leuven

Bulgaria

Kiril Bankov
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
University of So€a
1164 Sophia

Canada

Alan Taylor
Applied Research and Evaluation Services (ares)
University of British Columbia
6058 Pearl Avenue,
Burnaby, BC V5H 3P9

Richard Jones
Education Quality & Accountability Of€ce(eqao)
2 Carlton Street, Suite 1200
Toronto, ON M5B2Mm9

Jean-Louis Lebel
Direction de la sanction des etudes
1035 rue De La Chevrotiere
26 etage
Quebec GIR 5A5

Michael Marshall
University of British Columbia
Faculty of Education, Room 6
2125 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6TLZ4

Chile

Maria Inès Alvarez
Unidad de Curriculum y Evaluación
Ministerio de Educación
Alameda 1146
Sector B, Piso 8

Chinese Taipei

Jau-D Chen
Dean of General Affairs
National Taiwan Normal University
162, East Hoping Road Section 1
Taipei, Taiwan 117

Cyprus

Constantinos Papanastasiou
Dept. of Education
University of Cyprus
P.O. Box 20537
Nicosia CY-1678

Czech Republic

Jana Paleckova
Institute for Information of Education (UIV)
Senovazne nam.26
111 21 Praha 1

England

Graham Ruddock
National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
The Mere, Upton Park
Slough, Berkshire sl1 2dq

Finland

Pekka Kupari
University of Jyvaskyla
Institute for the Educational Research
P.O. Box 35
SF – 40351 Jyvaskyla

Hong Kong, SAR

Frederick Leung
The University of Hong Kong – Dept. of Curriculum
Faculty of Education, Room 219
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong, SAR

Hungary

Péter Vari
National Institute of Public Education
Centre for Evaluation Studies
Dorottya u.8, Pf 701/420
1051 Budapest

Indonesia

Jahja Umar
Examiniation Development Center
Jalan Gunung Sahari Raya – 4
Jakarta Pusat
Jakarta

Iran, Islamic Republic

Ali Reza Kiamanesh
Ministry of Education
196, Institute for Education Research
Keshavaraz Boulevard
Tehran, 14166

Israel

Ruth Zuzovsky
Tel Aviv University
School of Education
Center for Science and Technology Education
Ramat Aviv 69978

Italy

Anna Maria Caputo
Ministerio della Pubblica Istruzione
Centro Europeo Dell ‘Educazione (CEDE)
5- Villa Falconieri
Frascati (Roma) 00044

Japan

Yuji Saruta
Hanako Senuma
National Institute for Educational Research (NIER)
6-5-22 Shimomeguro
Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8681

Jordan

Tayseer Al-Nhar
National Center for Human Resources Development
P.O. Box 560
Amman, Jordan 11941

Korea, Republic of

Sungsook Kim
Chung Park
Korea Institute of Curriculum & Evaluation(KICE)
25-1 Samchung-dong
GhongRo-Gu, Seoul 110-230

Latvia

Andrejs Geske
University of Latvia
IEA National Research Center
Jurmalas Gatve 74/76, Room 204A
Riga LV-1083

Lithuania

Algirdas Zabulionis
National Examinations Center
Ministry of Education and Science
M. Katkaus 44
Vilnius LT2051

Macedonia, Republic of

Anica Aleksova
Ministry of Education and Science
Bureau for Development of Education
Ruder Boskovic St. bb.
1 000 Skopje

Malaysia

Azmi Zakaria
Ministry of Education
Level 2,3 &5 Block J South
Pusat Bandar Damansara, Kuala Lumpur 50604

Moldova, Republic of

Ilie Nasu
Ministry of Education and Science
University “A. Russo”
Str. Puschin 38
Balti 3100

Lidia Costiuc
1 Piata Mazzi Adunazi Nationale
Chisinau

Morocco

Mohamed Fatihi
Direction de l’Evaluation du Systeme Educatif
Innovations Pedagogiques
32 Boulevard Ibn Toumert
Place Bob Rouah, Rabat

Netherlands

Klaas Bos
University of Twente
Centre for Applied Research in Education (OCTO)
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede

New Zealand

Megan Chamberlain
Ministry of Education
CER Unit-Research Division
45-47 Pipitea Street
Thorndon, Wellington

Philippines

Ester Ogena
DOST-Science Education Institute
3F ptri Blg
Bicutan, Taguig
Metro Manila 1604

Vivien Talisayon
Institute Of Science & Mathematics Education Development
University of the Philippines UPISMED
Diliman, Quezon City

Romania

Gabriela Noveanu
Institute for Educational Sciences
Evaluation and Forecasting Division
Str. Stirbei Voda 37
Bucharest Ro-70732

Russian Federation

Galina Kovalyova
Center for Evaluating the Quality of Education
Institute of General Secondary Education
ul. Pogodinskaya 8
Moscow 119905

Singapore

Cheow Cher Wong
Research and Evaluation Branch
Ministry of Education
1 North Buona Vista Dr /MOE Building
Singapore, Singapore 138675

Slovak Republic

Olga Zelmanova
Maria Berova
SPU-National Institute for Education
Pluhova 8, P. O. Box 26
Brastislava 830 00

Slovenia

Barbara Japelj
Educational Research Institute Ljubljana
Gerbiceva 62
Ljubljana 1000

South Africa

Sarah Howie
Human Sciences Research Council
134 Pretorius Street
Private Bag X41
Pretoria 0001

Thailand

Precharn Dechsri
Institute For the Promotion of Teaching Science & Technology (IPST)
924 Sukhumvit Rd. Ekamai
Bangkok 10100

Tunisia

Ktari Mohsen
Ministere de l’Education
Boulevard Bab-Bnet
Tunis

Turkey

Yurdanur Atlioglu
Educational Research and Development Directorate
Gazi Mustafa Kemal Bulvani
No 109/5-6-7
Maltepe, Ankara 06570

United States

Patrick Gonzales
National Center for Education Statistics
United States Dept. of Education
1990 K Street, NW Room 9071
Washington, DC 20006

TIMSS 1999 Advisory Committees

The International Study Center at Boston College was supported in its work by advisory committees. The Subject Matter Item Replacement Committee was instrumental in developing the TIMSS 1999 tests, and the Questionnaire Item Review Committee revised the TIMSS questionnaires. The Scale Anchoring Panel developed the descriptions of the international benchmarks in mathematics and science.

Subject Matter Item Replacement Committee

Mathematics
Antoine Bodin, France
Anna-Maria Caputo, Italy
Nobert Delagrange, Belgium (Flemish)
Jan de Lange, Netherlands
Hee-Chan Lew, Republic of Korea
Mary Lindquist, United States
David Robitaille, Canada

Science
Hans Ernst Fischer, Germany
Galina Kovalyova, Russian Federation
Svein Lie, Norway
Masao Miyake, Japan
Graham Orpwood, Canada
Jana Strakova, Czech Republic
Carolyn Swain, England

Special Consultants
Chancey Jones, Mathematics
Christine O’Sullivan, Science

Questionnaire Item Review Committee

Im Hyung, Republic of Korea
Barbara Japelj, Slovenia
Trevor Williams, United States
Graham Ruddock, England
Klaas Bos, Netherlands

Scale Anchoring Committees

Mathematics
Anica Aleksova, Republic of Macedonia
Lillie Albert, United States
Kiril Bankov, Bulgaria
Jau-D Chen, Chinese Taipei
John Dossey, United States
Barbara Japelj, Slovenia
Mary Lindquist, United States
David Robitaille, Canada
Graham Ruddock, United Kingdom
Hanako Senuma, Japan
Pauline Vos, The Netherlands

Science
Audrey Champagne, United States
Galina Kovalyova, Russian Federation
Jan Lokan, Australia
Jana Paleckova, Czech Republic
Senta Raizen, United States
Vivien Talisayon, Philippines
Hong Kim Tan, Singapore

 


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