Report: Comparing Science
Content in the National
Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) 2000 and
Trends in International
Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) 2003
Assessments
Report: Comparing
Science Content in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
2000 and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003
Assessments
Authors: Neidorf, Teresa; Binkley, Marilyn; Stephens, Maria
Date: March 2006
US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
This technical report, done by the US Department of Education, Institute
of Education Sciences describes a study that was undertaken to compare the
content of two recent fourth- and eighth-grade assessments in science: the
NAEP 2000 assessment and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) 2003 assessment. The report provides information that will be
useful for interpreting and comparing the results from the two assessments,
based on an in-depth look at the content of the respective frameworks and
assessment items. The report draws upon information provided by the developers
of the assessments, as well as data obtained from an expert panel convened
to the frameworks and items from the two assessments on various dimensions.
