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Michael O. Martin

research professor educational research, measurement, and evaluation department exectutive director, timss & pirls international study center

 Michael Martin

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TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center

188 Beacon Street

617.552.3172

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

    

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University College, Dublin

EXPERTISE/INTERESTS

International comparisons of student achievement; educational measurement; research methodology; statistical analysis and statistical computing.

SELECTED HONORS, PUBLICATIONS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member, IEA’s Technical Executive Group

Martin, M.O., Mullis, I.V.S., & Foy, P. (with Olson, J.F., Erberber, E., Preuschoff, C., & Galia, J.). TIMSS 2007 International Science Report: Findings from IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the Fourth and Eighth Grades. TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center, Chestnut Hill, MA. Boston College, 2008.


Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., & Foy, P. (with Olson, J.F., Preuschoff, C., Erberber, E., Arora, A., & Galia, J.). TIMSS 2007 International Mathematics Report: Findings from IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the Fourth and Eighth Grades. TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center, Chestnut Hill, MA. Boston College, 2008.


Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., Olson, J.F., Berger, D.R., Milne, D., & Stanco, G.M. (eds.). TIMSS 2007 Encyclopedia: A Guide to Mathematics and Science Education Around the World (Volumes 1 and 2). TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center, Chestnut Hill, MA. Boston College, 2008.


Martin, M.O., Mullis, I.V.S., & Kennedy, A.M. (eds.). PIRLS 2006 Technical Report.  Chestnut Hill, MA. Boston College, 2007.
Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., Kennedy, A.M., & Foy, P.  PIRLS 2006 International Report: IEA’s Progress in International Reading Literacy Study in Primary Schools in Forty Countries.  Chestnut Hill, MA. Boston College, 2007.


Kennedy, A.M., Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., & Trong, K. (eds.). PIRLS 2006 Encyclopedia: A Guide to Reading Education in the Forty PIRLS 2006 Countries. Chestnut Hill, MA. Boston College, 2007.


Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., & Arora, A. Developmental Project to Establish a Problem-solving Scale for TIMSS 2003 at the Eighth Grade: A Discussion Paper. Chestnut Hill, MA. Boston College, 2007.


Mullis, I.V.S. & Martin, M.O. “Lessons Learned: What International Assessments Tell Us About Math Achievement” in T. Loveless (ed.), TIMSS in Perspective: Lessons Learned from IEA’s Four Decades of International Mathematics Assessments. Washington, DC. Brookings Institution Press, 2007.


Martin, M.O. & Mullis, I.V.S.  “TIMSS: Purpose and Design” in S.J. Howie & T. Plomp (eds.), Contexts of Learning Mathematics and Science – Lessons learned from TIMSS. London: Routledge, 2006
Garden, R.A., Lie, S., Robitaille, D.F., Angell, C., Martin, M.O., Mullis, I.V.S., Foy, P., & Arora, A.  TIMSS Advanced 2008 Assessment Frameworks.   Chestnut Hill, MA. Boston College, 2006.


Mullis, I.V.S., Kennedy, A.M., Martin, M.O., & Sainsbury, M. PIRLS 2006 Assessment Framework and Specifications, 2nd Edition.  Chestnut Hill, MA. Boston College, 2006.