{"id":1143,"date":"2016-08-15T20:33:01","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/use-and-impact-of-timss\/"},"modified":"2016-09-01T19:55:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T19:55:22","slug":"use-and-impact-of-timss","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/use-and-impact-of-timss\/","title":{"rendered":"Use and Impact of TIMSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-dubai-uae\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/the-dubai-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-schools\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>The Dubai Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Schools<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/the-mathematics-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Mathematics Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/teachers-teacher-education-and-professional-development\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Teachers, Teacher Education, and Professional Development<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Instruction for Mathematics and Science in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/use-and-impact-of-timss\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Use and Impact of TIMSS<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/suggested-readings\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Suggested Readings<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/references\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>References<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<style>\n\t\t.carouselwrap{\n\t\t\tbackground: #e5eaef;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a{\n\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\tcolor: #000000;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a:hover,\n\t\t.owl-item a:focus,\n\t\t.owl-item a.current-menu-item{\n\t\t\tbackground: #00667f;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n<h2>Use and Impact of TIMSS<\/h2>\n<p>Dubai first participated in TIMSS in 2007 as a benchmarking participant. The assessment was administered at the same time that the KHDA\u2019s Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau was conducting a qualitative evaluation of schools. The TIMSS results were shared with schools at a TIMSS conference designed for school principals and teachers. In addition, the KHDA website and various publications made the outcomes for Dubai available to the public. <\/p>\n<p>The result of participation in an international assessment was a twofold recognition at a strategic level: the need for regular international assessments, and the need for all schools to be made aware of student achievement shortcomings in the areas of learning assessed within TIMSS. The Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau Inspection Handbook, used as the framework for school evaluation across all curricula (and public and private sectors), was amended to include references to international standards. In this way, schools were required to check student achievement and progress not only against the schools\u2019 own curriculum standards, but also against international standards.<sup>14<\/sup>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use and Impact of TIMSS Dubai first participated in TIMSS in 2007 as a benchmarking participant. The assessment was administered at the same time that the KHDA\u2019s Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau was conducting a qualitative evaluation of schools. The TIMSS &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/benchmarking-participants\/dubai-uae\/use-and-impact-of-timss\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":228,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1143","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5138,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1143\/revisions\/5138"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}