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| May 2025 |
William F. Tate IV
William F. Tate IV was selected as the incoming president of Rutgers University, marking a significant career transition in his higher education leadership trajectory.
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| March 2025 |
Education Resources Information Center
ERIC announced a significant reduction of 45% in the number of sources catalogued in its database.
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| February 10 2025 | The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Trump administration announced plans to cancel $881 million worth of contracts across 169 projects at the Institute of Education Sciences. Researchers and contractors were directed to immediately stop work on ongoing research and program evaluation projects. |
| June 20 2024 | Scheduled to complete his term as interim dean of the School of Educational Studies. |
| 2023 |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
Latest TIMSS assessment documenting continued performance trends in mathematics and science across different racial groups in the United States, with notable variations in scores.
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| 2023 |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
Most recent TIMSS data collection showing a decline in mathematics scores for most racial groups compared to previous years, with Asian students maintaining the highest scores.
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| 2023 |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) conducted its eighth cycle, collecting detailed information about curriculum and curriculum implementation from participating countries.
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| 2023 |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
Continued administration of TIMSS assessments, providing trend data across multiple assessment cycles from 1995 to 2023, allowing educational systems to track long-term performance and learning achievements.
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| December 2023 | PISA releases the results of its 2022 data collection, providing updated comparative insights into international educational performance. |
| January 2023 | Appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the New Year Honours for her services to early childhood education. |
| 2022 |
William F. Tate IV
Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science, highlighting his prestigious academic and leadership achievements.
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| 2022 | PISA assessment focused on Mathematics, involving 37 OECD countries and 44 partner countries. 690,000 students participated, marking the largest participation to date. |
| 2022 | Latest PISA study conducted, providing the most recent comparative data on educational performance in mathematics, science, and reading for participating countries. |
| 2022 | India did not participate in PISA rounds, citing COVID-19 pandemic disruption. |
| December 5 2022 | PISA 2022 results were officially presented, featuring data from around 700,000 participating students across 81 countries and economies, with Singapore emerging as the top performer in all assessment categories. |
| October 7 2022 | President Biden announced the intention to appoint 15 new members to the National Board for Education Sciences (NBES). |
| August 1 2022 | Appointed as interim dean of the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell. |
| 2021 |
William F. Tate IV
Began his tenure as the 28th President of Louisiana State University (LSU).
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| 2021 |
Abecedarian Early Intervention Project
A neurophysiological study using MRI scans revealed significant changes in midlife brain structure for male participants who were part of the early childhood intervention program, showing larger brain region and total brain volumes compared to the control group.
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| 2021 | Earned Master of Education degree in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of West Florida, Pensacola. |
| September 3 2021 | The Biden administration acknowledged the validity of the NBES Board appointments and formally terminated them, resulting in the withdrawal of the lawsuit by Hanke and Yoo. |
| August 2021 | Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for The District of Columbia against Secretary Cardona and the Department of Education regarding the NBES Board appointments. |
| July 2021 | The Pacific Legal Foundation obtained emails from White House officials confirming the Department of Education's possession of credentials and sent a demand letter on behalf of Hanke and Yoo. |
| May 2021 | Steve Hanke and John Yoo published a commentary in The Wall Street Journal, claiming their Board commission documents were signed and certified, but Secretary Miguel Cardona refused to acknowledge the appointments. |
| 2020 |
Wolff-Michael Roth
Published "Adventures of Mind and Mathematics" through Springer, further contributing to educational and mathematical research.
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| 2020 | Concluded role as interim dean of diversity and equity at the University of Washington Bothell. |
| 2020 | Planned PISA participation did not materialize, with India not taking part in the assessment. |
| 2020 | Swedish newspaper Expressen revealed that Sweden had inflated their PISA 2018 score by not testing a large number of foreign-born students, as confirmed by professor Magnus Henrekson. |
| 2020 | The Sutton Trust described Nutbrown's report on early childhood education qualifications as a 'landmark paper', highlighting that twelve of its nineteen recommendations had not been achieved. |
| 2020 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, recognizing her significant contributions to education economics and policy research. |
| December 2020 |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
TIMSS 2019 results released.
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| December 2020 | During the winter, the Trump administration made controversial appointments to the NBES board, filling vacancies that had existed for several years, drawing criticism from education organizations for lacking academic or educational research credentials. |
| 2019 |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
Most recent comprehensive TIMSS assessment showing performance variations across different racial groups in US mathematics and science education at 4th and 8th grade levels.
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| 2019 |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
TIMSS assessment conducted, continuing the long-running international study of student performance in mathematics and science.
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| 2019 |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
Peak performance for Asian students in mathematics at both fourth and eighth grade levels, with scores of 605 (fourth grade) and 591 (eighth grade).
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| 2019 |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
Seventh TIMSS cycle marked the beginning of digital assessment, with half of participating countries using digital format and half using paper assessment. 64 countries and 8 benchmarking systems participated.
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| 2019 |
Wolff-Michael Roth
Published "Transactional Psychology of Education: Toward a Strong Version of the Social" through Springer, advancing social perspectives in educational psychology.
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| 2019 |
Abecedarian Early Intervention Project
Sparling and Meunier published an update on the Abecedarian Early Intervention Project, providing further insights into the long-term outcomes of the study.
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| 2019 | Approximately 5,000 of Britain's 16,000 primary schools adopt Shanghai's teaching methods, leading to improved performance in PISA. |
| 2019 |
Jill Green
Served as interim director of the UNCG School of Dance while Janet Lilly was on sabbatical.
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| November 2019 |
Open Syllabus Project
The Open Syllabus Project becomes a non-profit and becomes independent of the American Assembly.
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| July 2019 |
Open Syllabus Project
The OSP launches version 2.0 of the Syllabus Explorer, which includes an interactive visualization displaying texts as dots on a knowledge map.
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| July 7 2019 |
Yaakub Isa
Passed away in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia.
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| April 2019 |
Jill Green
Retired from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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| January 2019 | Der Bund (Switzerland) published a report about the Institute's work on UN school textbooks, highlighting issues of terrorist glorification |
| 2018 | Began serving as interim dean of diversity and equity at the University of Washington Bothell. |
| 2018 | PISA adds global competence as a new innovative domain to its international student assessment program. |
| 2018 | PISA assessment returned to Reading focus, expanding to 37 OECD countries and 42 partner countries. 600,000 students participated. |
| 2018 | Chinese provinces of Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang participate in PISA testing. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Programme for International Student Assessment, Open Syllabus Project, Education Resources Information Center, Institute for Sociology of Education of the Russian Academy of Education, Wolff-Michael Roth, Ligel Lambert, Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education, Jill Green, Abecedarian Early Intervention Project, Wayne Au, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, William F. Tate IV, Yaakub Isa, Susanna Loeb, Institute of Education Sciences & Cathy Nutbrown, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.