Ranks, Rates, and Numbers--and Confusion

Autor/in	Bracey, Gerald W.
Titel	Ranks, Rates, and Numbers--and Confusion
Quelle	In: Principal Leadership, 9 (2008) 1, S.72-74 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1529-8957
Schlagwörter	Achievement Rating; Global Approach; Academic Achievement; Misconceptions; Statistical Bias; Statistics; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Globales Denken; Schulleistung; Missverständnis; Statistik; USA
Abstract	The United States may be the most rank-crazy country in the world, but the world is catching up. The author cites the Organization for Economic and Cooperating and Development (OECD). When the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) started its international studies--the First International Mathematics Study (FIMS); the Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS); and the 1995, 1999 and 2003 administrations of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)--it sought to downplay any "cognitive Olympics" aspect of the results. But OECD was for competition, and it brought out its own series of assessments (PISA). Ranks can be misleading, and in the education world, they frequently are. In this article, the author discusses the dangers of statistics, artificial distances, and oversimplification. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10