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Studies in Educational Evaluation PERGAMON Studies in Educational Evaluation 26 (2000) III-IV www.elsevier.nl/stueduc CONTENTS Number 1 Christina A. Christie and Marvin Alkin 1 Further Reflections on Evaluation Misutilization Adrie J. Visscher, Alex C.W. Fung and 11 The Evaluation of the Large Scale Implementation of a Phil Wild Computer Assisted Management Information System in Hong Kong Schools Moshe Zeidner and Esther Jane Schleyer 33 Educational Setting and the Psychological Adjustment of Gifted Students Douwe Beijaard, Jan Van Driel and Evaluation of Story Line Methodology in Research on Nico Verloop Teachers’ Practical Knowledge Ard W. Lazonder and Evaluation of Transition in Dutch Senior Secondary Frank P.C.M. de Jong Vocational Education Number 2 Jaap Scheerens, 79 Aspects of the organizational and political context of school H. W. C. Gonnie van Amelsvoort and evaluation in four European countries Carol Donoughue L. Kyriakides and R. J. Campbell Primary teachers’ perceptions of baseline assessment in mathematics Candace W. Burns 131 Teaching portfolios and the evaluation of teaching in higher eduction: confident claims, questionable research support Ingmar Hosenfeld, Olaf Koller and Why sex differences in mathematics achievement disappear Jurgen Baumert in German secondary schools: a reanalysis of the German TIMSS-data S. Yemisi Erinosho 163 Gender differences in interests and performance of high school science students: a Nigerian example Number 3 TIMSS PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT GUEST EDITORS: Ruth Zuzovsky and Maryellen Harmon Maryellen Harmon and Ruth Zuzovsky 173 Introduction Per Morten Kind 179 Performance assessment in science—what are we measuring? Ruth Zuzovsky 195 Performance assessment in science: lessons from the practical assessment of 4th grade students in Israel Robert Garden 217 Development of TIMSS performance assessment tasks Maryellen Harmon 243 Performance assessment in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study: an international perspective NATIONAL PROFILES Maryellen Harmon 263 Introduction Jana Paleckova 265 Performance assessment in the Czech republic Klaas TJ. Bos, Wilmad Kuiper and 269 Student performance and curricular appropriateness in the Tjeerd Plomp Netherlands Pamela Jakwerth 277 TIMSS performance assessment results—United States Pinchas Tamir and Ruth Zuzovsky 283 Performance of Israeli 4th and 8th grade students on science and combined science and math performance assessment tasks Susan Harris 287 TIMSS performance assessment: the strengths and weaknesses of students in England Jan Lokan 297 Equity issues in testing: the case of TIMSS performance assessment Ruth Zuzovsky 315 Problematic aspects of the scoring system of the TIMSS practical performance assessment: some examples Number 4 Daniel Stufflebeam 325 Using professional standards to legally and ethically release evaluation findings Simon Wolming 335 Validity issues in higher education selection: a Swedish example Kaye Pepper and Dwight Hare 353 Development of an evaluation model to establish research- based knowledge about teacher education George Philippou and 379 Teachers’ conceptions of mathematics and students’ Constantinos Christou achievement: a cross-cultural study based on results from TIMSS Klaus-Henning Hansen 399 A qualitative assessment of student interest in science education