Title: TIMSS: Policy, Practice, and K-12 Articulation Implications
Speaker: Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Daniel Goroff, MSEB

Beginning in October, 1996, and continuing for at least a year, releases of data and reports from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) present opportunities both to draw public attention and to investigate empirically issues before the entire mathematics education community. We will report on the National Research Council's plans and future activities related to the TIMSS project with particular attention to how this informs the agenda of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board. Finally, we will offer our perspectives on the meaning, utility, and promise of the TIMSS results for improving mathematics education policy and practice.