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International Comparisons in Education - english information

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NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) is collecting, analyzing, and disseminating statistics and other data related to education in the United States and other nations. Two programs - the International Activities Program (IAP) and the Annual Reports Program - produce international comparisons in education. Access to reports, international indicators, publications, working papers and CD-ROM (mostly free download). Links to organisations involved in evaluations and international comparisons. Links to assessment studies, e.g. TIMMS, PISA, CivEd, ALL, IALS and to the Indicators of Education Systems (INES) Project.

Keywords

evaluation; achievement measurement; international comparison; PISA <Programme for International Student Assessment>; quality of education; reading; mathematics; natural sciences; history; full text information; link list; statistical data; graph; media catalogue; bibliographical data;