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Centre For Educational Measurement At The University Of Oslo
Centre for Educational Measurement at the University of Oslo (CEMO) is a part of the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Oslo. The establishment of the centre was initiated by the Ministry of Education and Research in 2013. CEMO is a research unit and has its expertise within psychometrics, international large-scale assessments (ILSA) such as Programme for International Student Assessment and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, competency measurement and statistics. The aim of the centre is to produce high level of scientific research, as well as to advise the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training. Mission CEMO's mission is, firstly, to move the field of educational measurement forward. This includes an orientation towards action such as the development of instruments that balance educational quality, equity, and effectiveness, but also towards reaction such as addressing co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Oslo
The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universities in the world and as one of the leading universities of Northern Europe; the Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked it the 58th best university in the world and the third best in the Nordic countries. In 2016, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings listed the university at 63rd, making it the highest ranked Norwegian university. Originally named the Royal Frederick University, the university was established in 1811 as the de facto Norwegian continuation of Denmark-Norway's common university, the University of Copenhagen, with which it shares many traditions. It was named for King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway, and received its current name in 1939. The university was commonly nicknamed "The Royal Freder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Education And Research (Norway)
The Royal Ministry of Education and Research ( no, Det kongelige kunnskapsdepartement; short name ''Kunnskapsdepartementet'') is a Norwegian government ministry responsible for education, research, kindergartens and integration. The ministry was established in 1814 as the Royal Ministry of Church and Education Affairs. The current Minister of Education is Tonje Brenna of the Labour Party and the current Minister of Research and Higher Education is Ola Borten Moe of the Centre Party. The department reports to the legislature (Stortinget). History The ministry was established in 1814, following the dissolution of Denmark–Norway, in which the joint central government administration of the two formally separate but closely integrated kingdoms, had been based in Copenhagen. Originally named the Ministry of Church and Education Affairs, the ministry was the first of six government ministries established in 1814, and was also known as the First Ministry. The other ministries wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychometrics
Psychometrics is a field of study within psychology concerned with the theory and technique of measurement. Psychometrics generally refers to specialized fields within psychology and education devoted to testing, measurement, assessment, and related activities. Psychometrics is concerned with the objective measurement of latent constructs that cannot be directly observed. Examples of latent constructs include intelligence, introversion, mental disorders, and educational achievement. The levels of individuals on nonobservable latent variables are inferred through mathematical modeling based on what is observed from individuals' responses to items on tests and scales. Practitioners are described as psychometricians, although not all who engage in psychometric research go by this title. Psychometricians usually possess specific qualifications such as degrees or certifications, and most are psychologists with advanced graduate training in psychometrics and measurement the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PISA
Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the city contains more than twenty other historic churches, several medieval palaces, and bridges across the Arno. Much of the city's architecture was financed from its history as one of the Italian maritime republics. The city is also home to the University of Pisa, which has a history going back to the 12th century, the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, founded by Napoleon in 1810, and its offshoot, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa Information statistics History
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TIMMS
Timms is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Timms (1914–1970), Australian footballer * Brian Timms (born 1940), English cricketer * Charles Gordon Timms (1884-1958), British Army officer and rugby player * Chris Timms (1947–2004), New Zealand yachtsman * Colin Timms, musicologist * E. V. Timms (1895–1960), Australian novelist and screenwriter * Edward Timms (1937–2018), academic * Freddie Timms (1946–2017), Australian artist * Gene Timms (1932–2014), American politician * Geoffrey Timms (1903–1982), British mathematician and cryptoanalyst * Herbert Timms (1890–1973), English cricketer * Howard Timms (born 1944), British racewalker * John Timms (1906–1980), English cricketer * Mary Timms (born 1981), Nigerian model * Matt Timms (born c. 1974), event promoter * Michele Timms (born 1965), Australian basketballer * Philip Timms (1874–1973), Canadian photographer * Richard Timms (born 1986), English cricketer * Robert Timms (archer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statistics
Statistics (from German: '' Statistik'', "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, industrial, or social problem, it is conventional to begin with a statistical population or a statistical model to be studied. Populations can be diverse groups of people or objects such as "all people living in a country" or "every atom composing a crystal". Statistics deals with every aspect of data, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments.Dodge, Y. (2006) ''The Oxford Dictionary of Statistical Terms'', Oxford University Press. When census data cannot be collected, statisticians collect data by developing specific experiment designs and survey samples. Representative sampling assures that inferences and conclusions can reasonably extend from the sample to the population as a whole. An ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Directorate For Education And Training
The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training ( no, Utdanningsdirektoratet, UDIR) is Norwegian government agency under the Ministry of Education and Research. The Directorate is responsible for the development of kindergarten, primary and secondary education – including vocational training. The Norwegian Support System for Special Education (Statped) is managed by the Directorate. The organisation, is headquarters is based in Oslo with branches in Hamar, Molde and Tromsø. The Directorate was established in 2004 by then-Minister of Education Kristin Clemet. Its director from 2004 to 2015 was Petter Skarheim. Hege Nilssen Hege may be a given name or a surname. Its given name version is the short form of Helga. People with the given name * Hege Bøkko (born 1991), Norwegian long-track speedskater * Hege Brannsten (born 1972), Norwegian sprint canoeist * Hege R. Eri ... is the director general (2015-.) In 2018, the Directorate for Education was merged with the Norweg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal Of Educational Measurement
The ''Journal of Educational Measurement'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the National Council on Measurement in Education. The journal was established in 1948 and assumed its current name and numbering in 1964. Blackwell Publishing (now Wiley-Blackwell) began publishing the journal for the NCME in 2005. Its current editor-in-chief is Sandip Sinharay (Educational Testing Service). The journal publishes original educational measurement research, provides reviews of measurement publications, and reports on innovative measurement applications. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2011 impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as ... of 1.0, ranking it 9th out of 13 journals in the category "Psychology Mathemati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal Of The American Medical Association
''The Journal of the American Medical Association'' (''JAMA'') is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 48 times a year by the American Medical Association. It publishes original research, reviews, and editorials covering all aspects of biomedicine. The journal was established in 1883 with Nathan Smith Davis as the founding editor. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo of the University of California San Francisco became the journal editor-in-chief on July 1, 2022, succeeding Howard Bauchner of Boston University. History The journal was established in 1883 by the American Medical Association and superseded the ''Transactions of the American Medical Association''. ''Councilor's Bulletin'' was renamed the ''Bulletin of the American Medical Association'', which later was absorbed by the ''Journal of the American Medical Association''. In 1960, the journal obtained its current title, ''JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association''. The journal is commonly referred to as ''JAMA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandinavian Journal Of Educational Research
The ''Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in education, published by Routledge. It is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index The Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) is a commercial citation index product of Clarivate Analytics. It was originally developed by the Institute for Scientific Information from the Science Citation Index. The Social Sciences Citation Index is .... External links * {{Official website, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00313831.asp Education journals English-language journals Biannual journals Taylor & Francis academic journals Academic journals established in 1971 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
