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International Comparative Studies in Education: Descriptions of Selected Large-Scale Assessments and Case Studies

Board on International Comparative Studies in Education

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

National Research Council

International Comparative Studies in Education: Descriptions of Selected Large-Scale Assessments and Case Studies

Winter 1994-95

Interest in education abroad and how it compares to schooling in the United States has been rising among policy makers, researchers, and practitioners. Since its inception in 1988, the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE) has monitored U.S. participation in those cross-national comparative studies in education that are funded by its sponsors, the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Science Foundation. It has also provided a forum for information and discussion, which has led it to request presentations on selected additional studies of special interest to the board and its sponsors.

As a result, BICSE has in its records information about the aims, designs, and intended outcomes of a number of the largest international studies in education that have been undertaken in recent years. BICSE 's collection clearly does not cover all or even a representative sampling of the broad range of studies available on comparative and international education issues. Nevertheless, BICSE's accumulated information represents a valuable resource on a variety of studies, a compilation that is not available elsewhere. Participants at the Second International Conference on Long-Range Planning for Large-Scale Collections of International Education Statistics convened by BICSE in January 1993 urged BICSE to make such international study information available to interested individuals in the United States and in other countries as well.

This set of international study descriptions represents a status report on 17 projects presented to BICSE. The study descriptions were compiled by Jane Phillips of the BICSE staff from information submitted to the board by each project's staff; each compilation was then submitted to its respective project director for editing and updating. These updates were accomplished at various times in 1994, as indicated in the individual project descriptions. BICSE has not evaluated or edited the descriptions, but merely presents them as reports by the projects themselves on their activities. Each study description indicates key contact persons for that project who can provide further information and subsequent updates on progress and findings.

The Board on International Comparative Studies in Education has a limited number of copies of this collection of descriptions for complementary distribution. (2101 Constitution Avenue, Harris 178, Washington, D.C., 20418, U.S.A.; telephone: 1/202/334-3010; facsimile: 1/202/334-3584)

The document will also be made available on Internet through World Wide Web. It may be accessed by using the World Wide Web address. (http://www.nas.edu/)

The U.S. Department of Education Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) will have the document on microfiche. (ERIC, 1301 Piccard Dr., Suite 300, Rockville, Maryland 20850-3238, U.S.A.; telephone: 1/301/258-5500)

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International Comparative Studies in Education: Descriptions of Selected Large-Scale Assessments and Case Studies Board on International Comparative Studies in Education Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education National Research Council International Comparative Studies in Education: Descriptions of Selected Large-Scale Assessments and Case Studies Winter 1994-95 Interest in education abroad and how it compares to schooling in the United States has been rising among policy makers, researchers, and practitioners. Since its inception in 1988, the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE) has monitored U.S. participation in those cross-national comparative studies in education that are funded by its sponsors, the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Science Foundation. It has also provided a forum for information and discussion, which has led it to request presentations on selected additional studies of special interest to the board and its sponsors. As a result, BICSE has in its records information about the aims, designs, and intended outcomes of a number of the largest international studies in education that have been undertaken in recent years. BICSE 's collection clearly does not cover all or even a representative sampling of the broad range of studies available on comparative and international education issues. Nevertheless, BICSE's accumulated information represents a valuable resource on a variety of studies, a compilation that is not available elsewhere. Participants at the Second International Conference on Long-Range Planning for Large-Scale Collections of International Education Statistics convened by BICSE in January 1993 urged BICSE to make such international study information available to interested individuals in the United States and in other countries as well. This set of international study descriptions represents a status report on 17 projects presented to BICSE. The study descriptions were compiled by Jane Phillips of the BICSE staff from information submitted to the board by each project's staff; each compilation was then submitted to its respective project director for editing and updating. These updates were accomplished at various times in 1994, as indicated in the individual project descriptions. BICSE has not evaluated or edited the descriptions, but merely presents them as reports by the projects themselves on their activities. Each study description indicates key contact persons for that project who can provide further information and subsequent updates on progress and findings. The Board on International Comparative Studies in Education has a limited number of copies of this collection of descriptions for complementary distribution. (2101 Constitution Avenue, Harris 178, Washington, D.C., 20418, U.S.A.; telephone: 1/202/334-3010; facsimile: 1/202/334-3584) The document will also be made available on Internet through World Wide Web. It may be accessed by using the World Wide Web address. (http://www.nas.edu/) The U.S. Department of Education Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) will have the document on microfiche. (ERIC, 1301 Piccard Dr., Suite 300, Rockville, Maryland 20850-3238, U.S.A.; telephone: 1/301/258-5500)

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