1. Editorial

   OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 135

2. Monitoring Basic Skills Acquisition through Rapid Learning Assessments: A Case Study From Peru

   • Helen Abadzi
   • Luis Crouch
   • Jessyca Sampe

   View Points/Controversies Pages: 137 - 156

3. Introduction to the Open File

   • Sarah Howie
   • Tjeerd Plomp

   Evaluating Students’ Achievements Pages: 157 - 160

4. The Role of Students’ Characteristics and Family Background in Iranian Students’ Mathematics Achievement

   • Ali Reza Kiamanesh

   Evaluating Students' Achievements Pages: 161 - 174

5. System-Level Evaluation: Language and Other Background Factors Affecting Mathematics Achievement

   • Sarah Howie

   Evaluating Students' Achievements Pages: 175 - 186

6. International Comparisons of Student Achievement as Indicators for Educational Policy in Slovenia

   • Mojca Štraus

   Evaluating Students' Achievements Pages: 187 - 198

7. How Timss-R Contributed to Education in Eighteen Developing Countries

   • Warwick B. Elley

   Evaluating Students' Achievements Pages: 199 - 212

8. Student Evaluation Standards: A Paradigm Shift for the Evaluation of Students

   • Arlen R. Gullickson

   Evaluating Students’ Achievements Pages: 213 - 227

9. Timss, Pisa, Pirls and Low Educational Achievement in World Society

   • Jens Naumann

   Trends/Cases Pages: 229 - 248