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Gas president's comments and report from the academy council.

Publication: Georgia Journal of Science
Publication Date: 22-JUN-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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I welcome everyone to the 83rd meeting of the GAS. In 1999 the results from the TIMMS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)) involved a half-million students in 41 countries at the 3rd, 8th and 12th grade levels. It not only tested a range of students from various but the...

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...backgrounds also compared elite students from industrialized countries. By all accounts the United States failed miserably. For example, in the advanced math and science component for 12th graders, the United States averages (442, 423, respectively) not only ranked well behind the leading nations (France, 557, Norway 581) but also the average scores (501, 501). A significant amount of time has past since that time and a question needs to be asked, has the...

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