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Topic: TIMMS 2011 How did your country go? Not good news for US!
Replies: 7   Last Post: Dec 11, 2012 4:52 PM

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Gary Tupper

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Re: TIMMS 2011 How did your country go? Not good news for US!
Posted: Dec 11, 2012 11:54 AM
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On 12/11/2012 5:47 AM, GS Chandy wrote:
> Jonathan Crabtree posted Dec 11, 2012 5:40 PM:
>> December 11 2012
>>
>> http://timss.bc.edu/timss2011/downloads/T11_IR_M_Chapt
>> er2.pdf
>>
>>
>> Children from 21 countries outperformed Australian
>> students in year 4 science in the 2011 Trends in
>> International Maths and Science Study. Seventeen
>> countries significantly outranked Australia in year 4
>> maths.
>>
>> Our Prime Minister has legislated that Australia will
>> be in the Top 5.
>>
Just for my curiosity: which other 4 countries did your leader legislate
into the top 5?

Gary Tupper,
Terrace BC

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