Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007 U.S. public-use datafile

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Education
Sub-Agency	National Center for Education Statistics
Category	Education
Date Released	06-Nov-2009
Date Updated	06-Nov-2009
Time Period	2007.0
Frequency	every four years
Description	This school based assessment provides descriptive data on the educational outcomes of U.S. fourth- and eighth-graders in mathematics and science as well as factors that may be related to achievement in these subject areas. In addition to the assessment, background data is collected from students, their teachers, and schools. TIMSS has been administered every four years since 1995. The United States is one of 57 countries that participated in the study in 2007. (more)

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	achievement, students, fourth grade, eighth grade, mathematics, science, international scores, international comparisons, international education, teachers, schools
Unique ID	1618

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010024
Agency Program Page	http://nces.ed.gov/timss
Agency Data Series Page	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010024

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	person (students)
Granularity	national estimates only
Geographic Coverage	U.S. school population 4th and 8th grade

Data Description

Collection Mode	person/paper
Data Collection Instrument	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009012
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009012

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009012
Additional Metadata	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010024

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009012
Sampling	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009012
Estimation	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009012
Weighting	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009012
Disclosure avoidance	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009012
Questionnaire design	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009012
Series breaks
Non-response adjustment	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009012
Seasonal adjustment
Statistical Characteristics	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009012

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