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Teachers: Have your students take the TIMSS Challenge.
Tests are now available for Grades 3,4,7,8, and 12!

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  • EDinformatics Distance Education
    Edinformatics is presently engaged in development and testing online activities for students at school or home. For more information see:


    Taking the TIMSS Challenge:

    Sample TIMSS Math Tests for Grades 4 and 5, 7 and 8, and and the 12th Grade (Advanced Mathematics). and and the 12th Grade (Advanced Mathematics).

    Teachers: Have your students take the TIMSS Challenge.
    Tests are now available for Grades 3,4,7,8, and 12!

    Educational Informatics: News, Conferences, Commentaries

    · How can schools regulate the internet- Seattle Timees, November 3, 1999
    · Divided on connected math - Washington Post, Oct. 17, 1999
    ·1999 Conference on standards-based K-12 education - EdWeel - April 28, 1999
    · Texas teachers demand more from legislature - EduQuery Opinion - Mar. 16, 1999
    · Agencies launch effort to improve U.S. schools
    - Science 1999 March 26; 283: 1995 (in News of the Week)
    · Mixed grades for NSF's bold reform of statewide education - Science 1998 December 4; 282: 1800-1805.
    · Science education as enculturation: some implications for practice - Derek Hodson and Julie Hodson -School Science Review, Sept, 1998

    EDinformatics Distance Education
    Edinformatics is presently engaged in development and testing online activities for students at school or home. For more information see:


    Taking the TIMSS Challenge:

    Sample TIMSS Math Tests for Grades 4 and 5, 7 and 8, and and the 12th Grade (Advanced Mathematics). and and the 12th Grade (Advanced Mathematics).