TIMSS 2019 Countries Train in Item Scoring in Madrid
Hosted by the Instituto Nacional de Evaluación Educativa, nearly 200 representatives from the TIMSS 2019 countries met in Madrid, Spain, at the TIMSS 2019 4th National Research Coordinators Meeting in March 2018. They spent the week training to score mathematics and science constructed-response items.
M.A. Rando, Director General for Evaluation and Regional Cooperation at Spain's Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport, delivered opening remarks and welcomed all participants to the meeting.
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From left: Kerry Cotter, Research Specialist, TIMSS Mathematics; Mathematics Expert Panel members Ray Philpot and Mary Lindquist; and Executive Director Ina V.S. Mullis of the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center conducted scoring training for TIMSS mathematics items.
From left: Victoria Centurino, Assistant Research Director, TIMSS Coordinator; Science Expert Panel member Berenice Michels; Executive Director Michael O. Martin of the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center; and Science Expert Panel member Emily Jones oversaw training for scoring TIMSS science items.
Meng On Chee and Hui Leng Ng consulted with Milena Taneva of IEA Hamburg on sampling for Singapore.
From left: Duygu Savaşcı and Umut Atasever of IEA Hamburg and Ahmed Almaskut and Sylvie LaRoche of Statistics Canada assisted Said Bouderga and Mohammed Sassi with Morocco’s sampling.
Renate Janse and Eva Hamhuis discussed The Netherlands’ sampling with Ahmed Almaskut of Statistics Canada.
Representatives of TIMSS 2019 countries practiced scoring TIMSS constructed response science items.
Khattab M.A. Abulibdeh and Ahmad Issa Altweissi of Jordan participated in TIMSS 2019 scoring training.
Trude Nilsen and Hege Kaarstein consulted with Sylvie LaRoche of Statistics Canada and Umut Atasever of IEA Hamburg on sampling for Norway.
Muhsin Polat and Emre Gǒnen talked over Turkey’s sampling with Duygu Savaşcı (center) of IEA Hamburg.
Georgette Hilu (second from left) of Israel went over Israel’s sampling with Ahmed Almaskut and Sylvie LaRoche of Statistics Canada and Umut Atasever of IEA Hamburg.
TIMSS 2019 National Research Coordinators concentrated on practicing scoring of TIMSS mathematics items.
Kerry Cotter, Research Specialist, TIMSS Mathematics, discussed TIMSS mathematics items with consultants Ray Philpot and Mary Lindquist.
TIMSS 2019 countries’ representatives participated in scoring practice for TIMSS science items.
IEA's TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College thanks our generous hosts at the Instituto Nacional de Evaluación Educativa.
