tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post9150125800405414569..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: TIMSS 2015: what does it mean?Jim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-3360940392073340632016-12-02T14:23:03.303+11:002016-12-02T14:23:03.303+11:00"Rich information" that leads to indexed..."Rich information" that leads to indexed outcomes is almost a contradiction in terms, or a clear admission of waste. I haven't read the report, but it sounds from Jim's summary like a limited world view focused through a more limited lens of marks being used to make sweeping statements about the state of education and recommendation of 'how to put it right'. I can only hope this is not the case.2 tannersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-90255804218657242942016-12-01T17:34:13.807+11:002016-12-01T17:34:13.807+11:00That is a problem, kvd. I'm not sure what to r...That is a problem, kvd. I'm not sure what to recommend to ease your confusion. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-54567275400680525992016-12-01T13:01:10.930+11:002016-12-01T13:01:10.930+11:00Wish you hadn't raised this reporting Jim. I h...Wish you hadn't raised this reporting Jim. I had just got my head around the 'revised fact' that sex was totally a social construct, and here we are with our thought leaders blithely sub-categorising our students as to male and female? <br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com