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Variation in the relationship between non school factors and student achievement on international assessments (2006)
Report
Hampden-Thompson, G., & Johnston, J. (2006). Variation in the relationship between non school factors and student achievement on international assessments. US Department of Education

This Statistics in Brief uses NCES data to describe differences in nonschool factors that are related to student achievement. The data are from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003, an international assessment of 15-year olds... Read More about Variation in the relationship between non school factors and student achievement on international assessments.

School and parent interaction by household language and poverty status: 2002-03 (2006)
Report
Hampden-Thompson, G., Enyeart, C., Diehl, J., & Scotchmer, M. (2006). School and parent interaction by household language and poverty status: 2002-03. US Department of Education

Language minority parents may face a number of challenges when trying to communicate or become involved with their child?s school. This Issue Brief describes school-to-home communication practices and opportunities for parent involvement at school as... Read More about School and parent interaction by household language and poverty status: 2002-03.

Mass Terms in the Skyrme Model (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Kopeliovich, V., Piette, B., & Zakrzewski, W. (2006). Mass Terms in the Skyrme Model.

We consider various forms of the mass term for the Skyrme model and their implications on the properties of baryonic states. We show that modifications of the mass term, without changing the asymptotic behaviour of the profile function at large r, ca... Read More about Mass Terms in the Skyrme Model.