A new web feature, Snapshots From the International Data Explorer, provides analytic summaries of U.S. results compared with international peers produced by the International Data Explorer. The first Snapshot summarizes Average Performance of U.S. Students Relative to International Peers on the Most Recent International Assessments in Mathematics, Reading, and Science: Results from PIRLS 2006, TIMSS 2007, and PISA 2009
The OECD's multi-volume international report with PISA 2009 results and PISA 2009 Profiles online tool are now available.
The PISA 2009 results are now available. Find out about U.S. student performance on PISA 2009 in the U.S. national report, Highlights From PISA 2009: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy in an International Context
Explore and analyze PISA data, including the just-released PISA 2009 data, using the International Data Explorer.
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) indicators are available in the 2010 Condition of Education.
Find out about U.S. student performance on international assessments in the supplement to the 2009 Condition of Education, U.S. Performance Across International Assessments of Student Achievement: Special Supplement to the Condition of Education 2009.
International assessment informational brochure (488KB): Learn about PIAAC, PIRLS, PISA, and TIMSS, how they compare with one another, and which countries participate. (web version)
Now Available:
Teacher Strategies to Help Fourth-Graders Having Difficulty in Reading: An International Perspective (September 2009)
U.S. Performance Across International Assessments of Student Achievement: Special Supplement to The Condition of Education 2009. (August 2009)
Papers presented at the NCES "What We Can Learn From PISA" research conference
(June 2, 2009)
The International Comparability of Socioeconomic Measures in PISA 2006. (AERA Presentation, 2009)
PIRLS 2006 U.S. public-use data files (April 2009)
PISA 2006 U.S. public-use data files (April 2009)
Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2009 (March 2009)
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