[Back to Top]
Articles and book
contributions (R = refereed, I = invited)
Valverde, Gilbert A. 2004. Curriculum Convergence In Chile: The
Global And Local Context Of Reforms In Curriculum Policy. Comparative
Education Review 48 (2): 174-201. (R)
Valverde, Gilbert A. (accepted for publication, fall 2004) Curriculum
Policy Seen through High-Stakes Examinations: Mathematics And
Biology In A Selection Of School-Leaving Examinations from the
Middle East and North Africa. Peabody Journal
of Education 79 (4). (R)
Valverde, Gilbert A. 2003. La política en evaluación
y currículo ante el desafío de la calidad: Tendencias
mundiales y casos de los Países Bajos y los Estados Unidos
(Testing And Curriculum Policy And The Challenge Of Quality: World
Trends And Case Studies From The Netherlands And The United States).
In La experiencia internacional en sistemas de medición:
Estudios de casos. Santiago, Chile: Comisión para
el Desarrollo y Uso del Sistema de Medición de la Calidad
de la Educación. (I)
Valverde, Gilbert A. 2002. Curriculum: International. In The Encyclopedia
of Education (Second Edition), edited by James W. Guthrie. New
York: Macmillan Reference. (I)
Valverde, Gilbert A. 2001. La política educativa peruana
y las evaluaciones educacionales internacionales (Peruvian Educational
Policy and International Educational Evaluations). Crecer
- Revista de la Unidad de Medición de la Calidad, Ministerio
de Educación, 2: 10-12. (I / S)
Valverde, Gilbert A. 2000. Strategic Themes In Curriculum Policy
Documents: An Exploration Of TIMSS Curriculum Analysis Data. International
Journal of Educational Policy Research and Practice 1 (2):
133-151. (R)
Valverde, Gilbert A. and William H. Schmidt. 2000. Greater Expectations:
Learning From Other Countries In The Quest For World-Class Standards
In US School Mathematics And Science. Journal of Curriculum
Studies 32 (5): 651-687. (R)
Valverde, Gilbert A. 2000. La interpretación justificada
y el uso apropiado de los resultados de las mediciones (The Correct
Interpretation and Appropriate Use of the Results of Educational
Measurements). In Los Próximos Pasos: ¿Hacia
Dónde y Cómo Avanzar en la Evaluación de
Aprendizajes en América Latina? (Next Steps: Where
and How to Advance in the Assessment of Learning in Latin America),
edited by Pedro Ravela. Lima, Perú: GRADE/Preal. (I / S)
Valverde, Gilbert A., and Martín Benavides A. 2000. Análisis
de Contenido de Evaluaciones Nacionales de Factores Asociados
al Logro Académico en América Latina. (A Content
Analysis of National Evaluations of Factors Associated with Academic
Achievement in Latin America) Lima, Perú: GRADE/PREAL.
(I / S)
Valverde, Gilbert A. 1999. Xenophobia Or Xenodochia? Myths And
Lessons In A Recent Cross-National Study Of Mathematics And Science
Achievement. The AASA Professor 22 (3): 1-7. (I)
Valverde, Gilbert A. 1999. Democracy, Human Rights, and Development
Assistance for Education: The USAID and World Bank in Latin America
and the Caribbean. Economic Development and Cultural Change
47 (2): 401-419. (R)
McKnight, Curtis C., and Gilbert A. Valverde. 1999. Explaining
TIMSS Mathematics Achievement: A Preliminary Survey In International
Comparisons in Mathematics Education, edited by Gabriele
Kaiser, Eduardo Luna and Ian Huntley, 48-67. London: Falmer Press.
(I)
Valverde, Gilbert A.1998. Evaluation and Curriculum Standards
in an Era of Educational Reforms. In Evaluation and Education
Reform: Policy Options, edited by Benjamín Álvarez
and Mónica Ruiz-Casares, 61-92. Washington DC: U.S. Agency
for International Development. (I) (English version of Spanish-language
contribution in subsequent reference)
Valverde, Gilbert A. 1997. Evaluación y Estándares
de Currículo. In Evaluación y Reforma Educativa:
Opciones de Política, edited by Benjamín Álvarez
and Mónica Ruiz-Casares, 67-102. Washington DC: U.S. Agency
for International Development. (I)
Valverde, Gilbert A., and William H. Schmidt. Winter 1997-98.
Refocusing
U.S. Math and Science Education. Issues in Science and
Technology: 60-66. (I)
Valverde, Gilbert A. 1997. Las políticas educativas nacionales
y la participación en estudios internacionales” (National
Educational Policies and Participation in International Studies).
In Avaliação e Determinação de
Padrões na Educação Latino-Americana: Realidades
e Desafios, edited by Helena Bomeny. Rio da Janeiro: Fundação
Getulio Vargas: 9-15. (S / I)
Valverde, Gilbert A. and Curtis C. McKnight. 1997. Importancia
del Currículo y Algunos Temas Comunes en la Reforma de
la Educación Matemática y Científica a Nivel
Internacional. (Importance of Curriculum Standards and Some Common
International Themes in Mathematics and Science Education Reform)
Formas y Reformas de la Educación PREAL. 3 (1):
31-38. (S / I)
Schmidt, William H., Gilbert A. Valverde, Curtis C. McKnight and
Edward D. Britton. 1996 Étude internationale des curricula.
Description d’un système de mesure complet du curriculum
formel. (The International Study of Curriculum. Description of
a System of Measures of the Intended Curriculum) Revue Internationale
de l ‘éducation - Sèvres 12: 119-133.
(R / French)
Valverde, Gilbert A. 1995. United States. In International
Encyclopedia of National Systems of Education (Second Edition),
edited by T. Neville Postlethwaite, 1033-41. London: Pergamon
Press. (Invited contribution, adaptation of article cited below)
(I)
Valverde, Gilbert A. 1994. United States: System of Education.
In International Encyclopedia of Education (Second Edition),
edited by Thorsten Husén and T. Neville Postlethwaite,
6538-47. London: Pergamon Press. (I)
[Back to Top]
Article under review
Donor-Recipient Relations in Education Assistance in Latin America
and the Caribbean: The World Bank and US AID, 1960-1990. (Submitted
to: Compare).
In development (titles tentative)
Opportunities To Learn Through Cross-National Research: A Review
Of The Literature (intended for Review of Education Research).
Learning And Opportunity: A Model For A Longitudinal Study Of
Primary Education In The Dominican Republic (intended for International
Journal of Educational Development).
Explaining Learning In Latin America: National Assessments And
Their Potential Contributions To Policy Formation And Evaluation
(intended for International Review of Education).
RESEARCH
FUNDING
Monitoring and Evaluation of Educational Opportunities and
Learning in USAID Sponsored Projects in the Dominican Republic.
Program Office for Education, United States Agency for International
Development. Valverde as Principal Investigator. 4 –year
grant for longitudinal study of learning and educational opportunities.
$ 1.8 million, November 2003 to November 2007.
Initial Development of Monitoring and Evaluation Study for
USAID Projects in The Dominican Republic. Program Office
for Education, United States Agency for International Development.
Valverde as Principal Investigator. 5-month preliminary research
and development grant for one semester support for full-time graduate
assistant: $16,272.00 May 31 to October 31, 2003.
Building Scholarship on Higher Education Policy: A Global
Approach. Ford Foundation program support for Comparative
and International Policy Program (CIEPP), $250,000.00. [co-investigator,
with A. Wagner (PI), D. Levy, and H-D. Meyer]. Grant is for development
of three research and teaching strands within CIEPP, Valverde
work on Accountability strand. 2002 - 2005.
Measuring Structures of Curriculum Governance in Latin America,
Faculty Research Awards Program – Category A, The Research
Foundation of the State University of New York, $9,800.00. 1999-2000.
Updating dataset on USAID and World Bank Group assistance
to Latin American Education, International Theme Group Seed
Grant, College of Education, Michigan State University, $3000.00,
1997.
[Back to Top]
PH.D. DISSERTATION
International Development Assistance for Education: An Exploratory
Study of Three Decades of World Bank and USAID Project Assistance
in Latin America and the Caribbean. [Dissertation committee:
John E. Craig (Chair), Anthony S. Bryk, Robert Dreeben, and Kenneth
K. Wong]
REVIEWER FOR
Educational Evaluation and Policy Studies (2 articles)
Comparative Education Review (4 articles)
International Journal of Educational Policy Research and Practice
(4 articles)
[Back to Top]
PAPERS
PRESENTED (I = INVITED, R= REFEREED, S= SPANISH)
“The Impact of Cross-National Achievement Studies on National
Educational Policies: The Case of the TIMSS and the USA"
at the XI National Coordinator’s Meeting of the UNESCO Latin
American Laboratory for the Evaluation of Educational Quality,
Panama City, Panama, April 2002. (I / S)
“The Responsibilities of Curriculum Policy in Rising to
the Challenge of Educational Quality" at the International
Seminar on Standards and Educational Evaluation, Lima, Perú,
October 2001. (I / S)
“Conceptual Prerequisites for Studying the Effects of Curriculum
on Learning" at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2000. (R)
“School Mathematics and Science by the Book: A Study of
textbooks in 38 nations" at the Annual Meeting of the Comparative
and International Education Society, Toronto, Canada, April 1999.
(R)
“Different Sources of Variation: The Influence of School,
Class and Individual Effort on Achievement Scores" at the
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
Montreal, Canada, April 1999. (R)
“Approaching the Integrated Study of the Functioning of
Educational Systems" at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 1999.
(R)
"The Architecture of Textbooks: Cross-National Variation
in the Organization of Intended Educational Opportunities"
at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
Montreal, Canada, April 1999. (R)
"Characterizing U.S. Pedagogy through the Third International
Mathematics and Science Study." at the Annual Meeting of
the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California,
April 1998. (R)
"Greater Expectations: Learning from other nations in the
quest for world-class standards in mathematics and science education"
at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
San Diego, California, April 1998. (R)
"The Architecture of Textbooks: Cross-national variation
in the organization of intended educational opportunities."
at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International
Education Society, Buffalo, New York, March 1998. (R)
"Investigating Instructional Practices: Methodological Considerations."
at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
Chicago, Illinois, March 1997. (R)
"Item Topic Clusters: An Approach to Solving the Validity
Dilemma in Cross-National Assessments." at the Annual Meeting
of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois,
March 1997. (R)
"Innovations in Curriculum-Sensitive Evaluation and Cross-National
Studies of Educational Policy." at the 41st Annual Meeting
of the Comparative and International Education Society, Mexico
City, Mexico, March 1997. (R)
"Science Education Policy in TIMSS Countries." at the
41st Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education
Society, Mexico City, Mexico, March 1997. (R)
"Surveying Mathematics and Science Opportunities to Learn:
An Introduction to Curriculum Analysis." at the Eighth Meeting
of the International Conference of Mathematics Education (ICME),
Seville, Spain, July 1996. (R)
"Envisioning Curriculum-Sensitive Studies of Educational
Systems: Implications of the TIMSS Model for Future Research."
at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
New York, New York, April 1996. (R)
"Measuring the Intended Curriculum: Textbooks and the Implementable
Curriculum." at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, New York, New York, April 1996. (R)
"Curriculum-Sensitive Studies of Educational Systems: Implications
of the TIMSS Model for Future Large-Scale Comparative Research."
at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International
Education Society, Williamsburg, Virginia, March 1996. (R)
"Democratization, Human Rights, and Development Assistance
for Education: The US AID and World Bank in Latin America and
the Caribbean." at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Comparative
and International Education Society, Williamsburg, Virginia, March
1996. (R)
"Cross-national and Regional Variations in Mathematics and
Science Curricula." at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, San Francisco, California, April
1995. (R)
"International Development Assistance for Education: Report
from a Study of Three Decades of World Bank and USAID Project
Assistance in Latin America and the Caribbean." at the 39th
Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education
Society, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1995. (R)
"Studying the World's Curricula in Mathematics and the Sciences."
at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International
Education Society, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1995. (R)
"Cross-National Patterns in the Treatment of Topics in Measurement
and Data Analysis: A Comparison Between Mathematics and the Science
Education." at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1994. (R)
"Measurement of Content Coverage Goals and Opportunity to
Learn." at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1994. (R)
"International Curriculum Analysis." at the 38th Annual
Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society,
San Diego, California, March 1994. (R)
"World Bank and USAID Assistance for Education: An Exploration
of Funds Awarded to Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
from 1960 to 1990." at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Comparative
and International Education Society, San Diego, California, March
1994. (R)
"Modified Topic Trace Mapping." at the Annual Meeting
of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta, Georgia,
April 1993. (R)
"Designing Measures of Mathematics and Science Curriculum,
Learning Opportunities, and Instructional Practices for TIMSS:
The Survey of Mathematics and Science Opportunities (SMSO)."
at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
Atlanta, Georgia, April 1993. (R)
"Issues in the Comparative Study of Curricula." at the
37th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education
Society, Kingston, Jamaica, March 1993. (R)
[Back to Top] |