TEDS-M 2008 Organization

Initiator

International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) - Dirk Hastedt, Executive Director

IEA Secretariat (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) - now: IEA Amsterdam

  • Initiator
  • Translation verification
  • International quality control of the data collection programs
  • Funding

IEA Data Processing and Research Center (Hamburg, Germany) - now: IEA Hamburg 

  • Sampling, in close consultation with the TEDS-M sampling referee
  • Support relevant to instrument development, codebooks, operational manuals, within-institution sampling tracking using the IEA WinW3S software
  • Data entry using the IEA WinDEM software
  • Scoring procedures
  • Documentation
  • Verification and approval of national and cultural adaptations
  • Data cleaning and processing
  • Item almanacs
  • Reliability statistics
  • Creation of an international database to be used with statistical packages
  • Organization of training seminars on the use of these data
  • Preparation of applicable parts of the TEDS-M technical report
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Study director(s)

The TEDS-M International Study Center at Michigan State University (MSU) - Maria Teresa Tatto, Executive Director

  • Overall leadership and administrative direction of the study
  • Responsibility for development, incorporation, and oversight of all plans for the design and execution of the study within a comprehensive conceptual framework document to be published by IEA
  • Initiation of proposals for and definition of JMC assignments for instrument development
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Institutions and their responsibilities

TEDS-M Joint Management Committee (JMC)

Includes

  • MSU
  • ACER
  • IEA
  • Statistics Canada

Responsibilities

  • Overall project planning
  • Financial, personnel, and logistical management
  • Accountability to IEA and the funding agencies
  • Recruitment of countries for participation
  • Study design, timelines, reports, and archives
  • Designation of the work of outside experts on the study

 

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

  • Support of the TEDS-M International Study Center at MSU with technical and research management expertise
  • Primary responsibility over the study concerning the mathematics preparation of primary school teachers
  • Development of relevant data-gathering instruments for the item pilot, field test, and main data collection
  • Conduct of relevant data analyses and preparation of relevant sections of the final international reports

 

Statistics Canada

  • TEDS-M International Sampling Referee
  • Development of an international master sampling plan for the study

 

National Research Coordinators (NRCs)

  • Study implementation
  • Data collection

 

TEDS-M Project Advisors

  • Advisors to the JMC
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Contact

IEA

Keizersgracht 311

1016 EE Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Tel.: +31 20 625 3625

Fax: +31 20 420 7136

E-mail: secretariat@iea.nl

URL: http://www.iea.nl

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Funding

The study was funded by:

  • Fees from participating countries
  • The National Science Foundation (USA)
  • The IEA
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Sources
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Editor(s) and author(s) of study-related gateway pages
  • Editor: Maria Teresa Tatto, TEDS-M Executive Director and Principal Investigator, MSU
  • Authors (based on study documents)
    • Falk Brese, Senior Research Analyst, Project Coordinator, IEA Hamburg
    • Sabine Meinck, Sampling Methodologist/Coordinator, IEA Hamburg
    • Ipek Eraydin, Student Assistant, IEA Hamburg
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