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A First Look at What We Can Learn From
High Performing School Districts:
An Analysis of TIMSS Data From the First in the World Consortium

Office of Educational Research and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education

First in the World Consortium
Paul Kimmelman
President

Northbrook School District 27
David Kroeze
Superintendent

Michigan State University
William Schmidt

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Arie van der Ploeg

U.S. Department of Education
Maggie McNeely

Education Statistics Services Institute
Alexandra Tan

U.S. Department of Education
Richard W. Riley
Secretary

Office of Educational Research and Improvement
C. Kent McGuire
Assistant Secretary

National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment
Ivor A. Pritchard
Acting Director

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Cynthia Hearn Dorfman
Director

August 1999

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Last Updated -- December 13, 1999, (dtm)