Benchmarking to the World's Best in Mathematics

Benchmarking to the world's best in mathematics. Quality control in curriculum and instruction among the top performers in the TIMSS.

UNLABELLED This article describes the education quality control systems (for mathematics) used by those countries that performed best on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Enforced quality control measures are defined as "decision points"--where adherence to the curriculum and instruction system can be reinforced. Most decision points involve stakes for the student, ...

The Best of Both Worlds

Open networks give actors non-redundant information that is diverse, while closed networks offer redundant information that is easier to interpret. Integrating arguments about network structure and the similarity of actors' knowledge, we propose two types of network configurations that combine diversity and ease of interpretation. Closed-diverse networks offer diversity in actors' knowledge dom...

The best of both worlds.

The best of both worlds

JACK SCHNEIDER (jschneid@holycrossedu, @edu_historian) is an assistant professor of education at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., and director of research for the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA). JOE FELDMAN ([email protected]) is CEO of Crescendo Education Group, Oakland, Calif., and is a former high school teacher, principal, and dis...

Benchmarking America's Best Hospitals

7 An increasing proportion of US hospitals use Internet websites to communicate with their publics, including current and prospective 8 patients, physicians and other health care professionals. This study examines the content of this important new communication medium via a 9 structured audit of more than 80 website features. Our sampling frame comes from the 1999 report on America’s best hospi...