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Assessing Between-School Variation in Educational Resources and Mathematics and Science Achievement in Bulgaria

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  1. Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Kiril Bankov

  2. Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Dilyana Mikova

  3. Department of Leadership, Policy, & Organizations, # 514 Peabody College, 230 Appleton Place, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37203-5701, USA

    Thomas M. Smith

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Kiril Bankov (Bulgaria)

Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Sofia. National Research Coordinator (NRC) of TIMSS 1995, TIMSS 1999, and TIMSS 2003. He is also a member of the international mathematics item review committee for TIMSS and the international expert panels for the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) studies TIMSS and TEDS. His research interests include educational measurement and evaluation (focusing on student achievement on mathematics), mathematics teacher education and development. E-mail: kbankov@fmi.uni-sofia.bg

Dilyana Mikova (Bulgaria)

Master of Science in Educational and Training Systems Design. She is a head of HRD and PR Unit at the Managing Authority of the “OPRD”, Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. Member of the Bulgarian Association for Educational Measurement and Evaluation. Her expertize includes curriculum design and implementation. She also has experience in school management and instructional design. She was a part of project team as a consultant in the field of school management and school survey in Azerbaijan. She was a member of the international Quality Control Monitoring team for the IEA International Study “PIRLS” 2006. E-mail: dmikova@gmail.com

Thomas M. Smith (United States of America)

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, Vanderbilt University. His current research focuses on the organization of teaching quality, exploring relationships between educational policy, school organization, teacher commitment, and the quality of classroom instruction. Between 1991 and 2001, he conducted and managed statistical research activities at the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). E-mail: thomas.smith@vanderbilt.edu

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Bankov, K., Mikova, D. & Smith, T.M. Assessing Between-School Variation in Educational Resources and Mathematics and Science Achievement in Bulgaria. Prospects 36, 447–473 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-006-9005-7

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