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G-20 Indicators Report
Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-20 Countries: 2015 is a comparison of the education system in the United States with those in the other Group of 20 (G-20) countries.
TIMSS 2015 Report
Highlights from TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced 2015 examines the performance of U.S. students in mathematics and science relative to their peers in other countries, and includes changes in achievement since 2011 and 1995.
PISA 2015 Report
The First Look at PISA 2015 report provides international comparisons of student performance in science, reading, and mathematics literacy from the PISA 2015 assessment.
PIAAC Prison Report
Highlights from the U.S. PIAAC Survey of Incarcerated Adults examines the skills of incarcerated adults in relationship to their work experiences and to their education and training in prison.
International Data Explorer
Create your own analyses and explore the results from international studies... Check out the new TALIS data explorer!
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Comparisons of international assessments with NAEP
Compilations of international comparisons
Information about dissertation and research grants for researchers using large-scale data sets
International comparisons of students' knowledge of democratic practices and institutions (CivEd)
International comparisons of adult literacy and lifeskills in 2003 and 2008 (ALL)
International comparisons of adult literacy skills in 1994 (IALS)
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