Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

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TIMSS 8th grade average Mathematics scores (2019)

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TIMSS 8th grade average Science scores (2019)

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TIMSS 4th grade average Mathematics scores (2019)

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TIMSS 4th grade average Science scores (2019)

The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)'s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is a series of international assessments of the mathematics and science knowledge of students around the world. The participating students come from a diverse set of educational systems (countries or regional jurisdictions of countries) in terms of economic development, geographical location, and population size. In each of the participating educational systems, a minimum of 4,000 to 5,000 students is evaluated. Contextual data about the conditions in which participating students learn mathematics and science are collected from the students and their teachers, their principals, and their parents via questionnaires.

TIMSS is one of the studies established by IEA aimed at allowing educational systems worldwide to compare students' educational achievement and learn from the experiences of others in designing effective education policy. This assessment was first conducted in 1995, and has been administered every four years thereafter. Therefore, some of the participating educational systems have trend data across assessments from 1995 to 2023. TIMSS assesses 4th and 8th grade students, while TIMSS Advanced assesses students in the final year of secondary school in advanced mathematics and physics.

Definition of terms

"Eighth grade" in the United States is approximately 13–14 years of age and equivalent to:

• Year 9 (Y9) in England and Wales
• 2nd Year (S2) in Scotland
• 2nd Year in the Republic of Ireland
• 1st Year in South Africa
• Form 2 in Hong Kong
• 4ème in France
• Year 9 in New Zealand
• Form 2 in Malaysia

"Fourth grade" in the United States is approximately equivalent to 9–10 years of age and equivalent to:

• Year 5 (Y5) in England and Wales
• Primary 6 (P6) in Scotland
• Group 6 in the Netherlands
• CM1 in France
• Fourth Class in the Republic of Ireland
• Standard 3 or Year 5 in New Zealand

History

A precursor to TIMSS was the First International Mathematics Study (FIMS) performed in 1964 in 11 countries for students aged 13 and in the final year of secondary education (FS) under the auspices of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). This was followed in 1970–1971 by the First International Science Study (FISS) for students aged 10, 14, and FS. Fourteen countries tested 10-year-olds; 16 countries tested the older two groups. These were replicated between 1980 and 1984.

These early studies were revised and combined by the IEA to create TIMSS, which was first administered in 1995. It was the largest international student assessment study of its time and evaluated students in five grades. In the second cycle (1999) only eighth-grade students were tested. In the next cycles (2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015) both 4th and 8th grade students were assessed. The 2011 cycle was performed in the same year as the IEA's Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), offering a comprehensive assessment of mathematics, science and reading for the countries participating in both studies. The sixth cycle was conducted in 2015, and the results were released in 2016; the data set was published in February 2017. TIMSS 2015 included data collected from parents for the first time. TIMSS Advanced, previously conducted in 1995 and 2008, was also conducted in 2015, and assessed final-year secondary students' achievement in advanced mathematics and physics. Policy-relevant data about curriculum emphasis, technology use, and teacher preparation and training accompanies the TIMSS Advanced results.

The seventh cycle of TIMSS was conducted in 2019 and marked the beginning of the transition to a digital assessment format, with the digital assessment administered to half of participating countries, and the paper assessment administered to the remaining half. 64 countries and 8 benchmarking systems participating in TIMSS 2019. Results were released in December 2020.

Method, data and documentation

Along with the overall students' achievement data, TIMSS comprehensive assessments include data on student performance in various mathematics and science domains (algebra, geometry, biology, chemistry, etc.) and on performance in the problem solving challenges in each of these contexts. In addition, TIMSS provides contextual data on crucial curricular, instructional, and resource-related factors that can impact the teaching and learning process. These data are gathered using student, teacher, school, and curriculum (national) questionnaires filled out by students, teachers, school principals and National Research Coordinators, respectively.

According to the TIMSS 2019 Assessment Frameworks, "The TIMSS mathematics and science achievement scales were created with the first TIMSS assessment in 1995, separately for each subject and each grade. The scale units were established so that 100 points on the scale was equivalent to one standard deviation of the distribution of achievement across all of the countries that participated in TIMSS 1995, and the scale midpoint of 500 was located at the mean of this international achievement distribution. The TIMSS achievement scales were first used for reporting TIMSS results with TIMSS 1995, and all results from subsequent TIMSS assessments have been reported on the same scale metrics, making it possible to measure growth or decline in countries' achievement distributions from assessment to assessment."

Because TIMSS is administered in four-year cycles, it enables participating counties to use the results between the fourth and eighth grades to track the changes in achievement and certain background factors from an earlier study. For example, results of the fourth grade in TIMSS 1995 can be compared with the results of the eighth grade in TIMSS 1999, as fourth graders had become eighth graders in the next cycle of study.

The collected information is presented in different formats. For example, for TIMSS 2019 the results are presented as TIMSS 2019 International Results in Mathematics and Science TIMSS 2019 International Results in Mathematics and Science. The TIMSS 2019 Encyclopedia provides an overview of how mathematics and science are taught in each participating country. Methods and Procedures: TIMSS 2019 Technical Report documents the development of the TIMSS assessments and questionnaires, and describes the methods used. The TIMSS 2019 User Guide for the International Database describes the content and format of the data in the TIMSS 2019 International Database

The IEA has developed an application for working with data from TIMSS and other IEA large-scale assessments called the IEA International Database (IDB) Analyzer. This application allows researchers to combine data files and facilitates some types of statistical analysis (such as computing means, percentages, percentiles, correlations, and estimating single level multiple linear regression). The application takes into account the complex sample structure of the databases when calculating the statistics and their standard errors. It also allows researchers to estimate achievement scores and their standard errors.

For an overview of the IEA study results and interpretation of information, see IEA's Data Visualizer.

Cycles

TIMSS 2023

TIMSS 2023 was the eight cycle of TIMSS and reported overall achievement as well as results according to international benchmarks, by major content domains (number, algebra, and geometry in mathematics, and earth science, biology, and chemistry in science) and by cognitive domains (knowing, applying, reasoning). TIMSS 2023 collected detailed information about curriculum and curriculum implementation of participating countries and published this information the TIMSS 2023 Encyclopedia: Education Policy and Curriculum in Mathematics and Science.

TIMSS 2023 results are summarized in TIMSS 2023 International Results in Mathematics and Science.".This detailed report presents achievement and contextual data from participating countries and benchmarking entities. The TIMSS 2023 Encyclopedia: Education Policy and Curriculum in Mathematics and Science describes various features of the education systems in each participating country, including the mathematics and science curriculum, professional development requirements for teachers, and methods of monitoring student progress in mathematics and science. Each country's "chapter" in the encyclopedia was authored by that country's TIMSS representative.

Eighth grade

Mathematics Rank Country Average scale score Change over 4 years 1 Template:Flagcountry 605 Template:Sort 2 Template:Flagcountry 602 Template:Sort 3 Template:Flagcountry 596 Template:Sort 4 Template:Flagcountry 595 Template:Sort 5 Template:Flagcountry 575 Template:Sort 6 Template:Flagcountry 525 Template:Sort 7 Template:Flagcountry 522 Template:Sort 8 Template:Flagcountry 518 N/A 9 Template:Flagcountry 517 Template:Sort 10 Template:Flagcountry 514 Template:Sort 11 Template:Flagcountry 512 N/A 12 Template:Flagcountry 509 Template:Sort 13 Template:Flagcountry 509 Template:Sort 14 Template:Flagcountry 506 Template:Sort 15 Template:Flagcountry 504 Template:Sort 16 Template:FlagcountryTemplate:Efn 501 Template:Sort 17 Template:Flagcountry 501 Template:Sort International average 500 Template:Sort 18 Template:Flagcountry 499 N/A 19 Template:Flagcountry 496 Template:Sort 20 Template:Flagcountry 494 Template:Sort 21 Template:Flagcountry 489 Template:Sort 22 Template:Flagcountry 488 Template:Sort 23 Template:Flagcountry 485 Template:Sort 24 Template:Flagcountry 487 Template:Sort 25 Template:Country data Azerbaijan 479 N/A 26 Template:Flagcountry 479 Template:Sort 27 Template:Flagcountry 475 Template:Sort 28 Template:Flagcountry 467 Template:Sort 29 Template:Flagcountry 454 Template:Sort 30 Template:Flagcountry 451 Template:Sort 31 Template:Flagcountry 426 Template:Sort 32 Template:Flagcountry 423 Template:Sort 33 Template:Flagcountry 421 NA 34 Template:Flagcountry 416 Template:Sort 35 Template:Flagcountry 411 Template:Sort 36 Template:Flagcountry 411 Template:Sort 37 Template:Flagcountry 399 Template:Sort 38 Template:Flagcountry 397 Template:Sort 39 Template:FlagcountryTemplate:Efn 397 Template:Sort 40 Template:Flagcountry 388 Template:Sort 41 Template:Flagcountry 382 N/A 42 Template:Flagcountry 378 N/A 43 Template:Flagcountry 388 Template:Sort 44 Template:Flagcountry 263 N/A Benchmarking participants – Template:Flagicon Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 546 Template:Sort – Template:Flagicon Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) 499 NA – Template:Flagicon Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 454 Template:Sort

Science
Rank	Country	Average scale score	Change over 4 years
1	Template:Flagcountry	606	Template:Sort
2	Template:Flagcountry	572	Template:Sort
3	Template:Flagcountry	557	Template:Sort
4	Template:Flagcountry	545	Template:Sort
5	Template:Flagcountry	531	Template:Sort
6	Template:Flagcountry	531	Template:Sort
7	Template:Flagcountry	530	Template:Sort
8	Template:Flagcountry	528	Template:Sort
9	Template:Flagcountry	527	NA
10	Template:Flagcountry	525	Template:Sort
11	Template:Flagcountry	522	Template:Sort
12	Template:Flagcountry	521	Template:Sort
13	Template:Flagcountry	520	Template:Sort
14	Template:Flagcountry	519	Template:Sort
15	Template:Flagcountry	513	Template:Sort
16	Template:Flagcountry	512	N/A
17	Template:Flagcountry	506	Template:Sort
18	Template:Flagcountry	502	Template:Sort
19	Template:Flagcountry	501	N/A
20	Template:Flagcountry	501	Template:Sort
International average		500	Template:Sort
21	Template:FlagcountryTemplate:Efn	488	Template:Sort
22	Template:Flagcountry	486	Template:Sort
23	Template:Flagcountry	486	Template:Sort
24	Template:Flagcountry	481	Template:Sort
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31	Template:Flagcountry	448	Template:Sort
32	Template:Flagcountry	443	Template:Sort
33	Template:Flagcountry	426	Template:Sort
34	Template:Flagcountry	420	N/A
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38	Template:Flagcountry	413	Template:Sort
39	Template:Country data Azerbaijan	411	N/A
40	Template:Flagcountry	396	N/A
41	Template:Flagcountry	393	N/A
42	Template:FlagcountryTemplate:Efn	362	Template:Sort
43	Template:Flagcountry	327	Template:Sort
44	Template:Country data Ivory Coast	186	N/A
Benchmarking participants
–	Template:Flagicon Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	547	Template:Sort
–	Template:Flagicon Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)	499	Template:Sort
–	Template:Flagicon Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)	443	Template:Sort

Fourth grade

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Science Rank Country Average scale score Change over 4 years 1 Template:Flagcountry 607 2 Template:Flagcountry 583 3 Template:Flagcountry 573 4 Template:FlagcountryTemplate:Efn 570 5 Template:Flagcountry 556 6 Template:Flagcountry 555 7 Template:Flagcountry 550 8 Template:Flagcountry 550 9 Template:Flagcountry 545 10 Template:FlagcountryTemplate:Efn 542 11 Template:Flagcountry 537 12 Template:Flagcountry 536 13 Template:Flagcountry 533 14 Template:Flagcountry 532 15 Template:Flagcountry 532 16 Template:FlagcountryTemplate:Efn 530 17 Template:Flagcountry 530 18 Template:Flagcountry 526 19 Template:Flagcountry 526 20 Template:Flagcountry 526 21 Template:Flagcountry 526 22 Template:Flagcountry 524 22 Template:Flagcountry 522 24 Template:Flagcountry 521 24 Template:Flagcountry 521 26 NZ 517 26 Template:Flagcountry 517 26 Template:Flagcountry 515 29 Template:Flagcountry 511 30 Template:Flagcountry 511 30 Template:Flagcountry 510 32 Template:Flagcountry 504 International average 500 Template:Sort 33 Template:Flagcountry 495 34 Template:Flagcountry 491 35 Template:Flagcountry (Flemish) 599 36 Template:Flagcountry 488 37 Template:Flagcountry 487 38 Template:Flagcountry(French) 481 39 Template:Flagcountry 479 40 Template:Flagcountry 475 41 Template:Flagcountry 472 42 Template:Flagcountry 467 43 Template:Flagcountry 465 44 Template:Flagcountry 461 45 Template:Flagcountry 457 46 Template:Flagcountry 448 47 Template:Flagcountry 439 48 Template:Flagcountry 433 49 Template:Flagcountry 432 50 Template:Flagcountry 429 51 Template:Flagcountry 425 52 Template:Flagcountry 422 53 Template:Flagcountry 418 54 Template:Flagcountry 412 55 Template:Flagcountry 403 56 Template:Flagcountry 390 57 Template:Flagcountry 373 58 Template:FlagcountryTemplate:Efn 308 Benchmarking participants – Template:Flagicon Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 562 – Template:Flagicon Ontario (Canada) 525 – Template:Flagicon Quebec (Canada) 508 – Template:Flagicon Sharjah (UAE) 503 – Template:Flagicon Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 446

TIMSS 2019

TIMSS 2019 marked the transition to a digital assessment format, allowing for new and innovative item types. In the digital assessment, students solved problems by interacting with shapes and patterns, arranging items on the screen, dragging and dropping items, and drawing. The digital version of TIMSS 2019 also introduced Problem Solving and Inquiry tasks that simulated real-world and laboratory situations and called for students to integrate and apply process skills and content knowledge. Half of the participating countries took the paper version of TIMSS and half of the participating countries took the digital version of TIMSS.

Eighth grade

Mathematics Rank Country Average scale score Change over 4 years 1 Template:Flagcountry 616 Template:Sort 2 Template:Flagcountry 612 Template:Sort 3 Template:Flagcountry 607 Template:Sort 4 Template:Flagcountry 594 Template:Sort 5 Template:Flagcountry 578 Template:Sort 6 Template:Flagcountry 543 Template:Sort 7 Template:Flagcountry 524 Template:Sort 8 Template:Flagcountry 520 Template:Sort 9 Template:Flagcountry 519 Template:Sort 10 Template:Flagcountry 517 Template:Sort 11 Template:Flagcountry 517 Template:Sort 12 Template:Flagcountry 515 Template:Sort 12 Template:Flagcountry 515 Template:Sort 14 Template:Flagcountry 509 N/A 15 Template:FlagcountryTemplate:Efn 503 Template:Sort 15 Template:Flagcountry 503 Template:Sort 17 Template:Flagcountry 501 N/A 18 Template:Flagcountry 500 N/A International average 500 Template:Sort 19 Template:Flagcountry 497 Template:Sort 20 Template:Flagcountry 496 Template:Sort 21 Template:Flagcountry 488 Template:Sort 22 Template:Flagcountry 483 N/A 23 Template:Flagcountry 482 Template:Sort 24 Template:Flagcountry 481 Template:Sort 25 Template:Flagcountry 479 N/A 26 Template:Flagcountry 473 Template:Sort 27 Template:Flagcountry 461 Template:Sort 27 Template:Flagcountry 461 Template:Sort 29 Template:Flagcountry 446 Template:Sort 30 Template:Flagcountry 443 Template:Sort 31 Template:Flagcountry 441 Template:Sort 32 Template:Flagcountry 429 Template:Sort 33 Template:Flagcountry 420 Template:Sort 34 Template:Flagcountry 413 Template:Sort 35 Template:Flagcountry 411 Template:Sort 36 Template:Flagcountry 403 Template:Sort 37 Template:Flagcountry 394 Template:Sort 38 Template:FlagcountryTemplate:Efn 389 Template:Sort 39 Template:Flagcountry 388 Template:Sort Benchmarking participants – Template:Flagicon Moscow (Russia) 575 N/A – Template:Flagicon Quebec (Canada) 543 Template:Sort – Template:Flagicon Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 537 Template:Sort – Template:Flagicon Ontario (Canada) 530 Template:Sort – Template:Flagicon Western Cape (South Africa)Template:Efn 441 N/A – Template:Flagicon Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 436 Template:Sort – Template:Flagicon Gauteng (South Africa)Template:Efn 421 N/A

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Fourth grade

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TIMSS 2015

In TIMSS 2015, nationally representative samples of students in 57 countries and 7 benchmarking entities participated in the fourth grade assessment, the eighth grade assessment, or both.

Eighth grade

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Fourth grade

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TIMSS 2011

TIMSS 2011 had 52 participating educational systems for the fourth grade and 45 for the eighth grade.

Eighth grade

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Fourth grade

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TIMSS 2007

In TIMSS 2007, 43 educational systems participated in the fourth grade and 56 educational systems in the eighth grade.

Eighth grade

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Fourth grade

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TIMSS 2003

In TIMSS 2003, there were 26 educational systems for the fourth grade and 48 for the eighth grade.

Eighth grade

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Fourth grade

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TIMSS 1999

In 1999, TIMSS only focused on the eighth grade in 38 educational systems; there was no study done for the fourth grade in that year.

Eighth grade

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TIMSS 1995

In TIMSS 1995, there were 41 educational systems in five grades (third, fourth, seventh, eighth, and the final year of secondary school).

Eighth grade

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Science Rank Country Average scale score 1 Template:Flagcountry 607 2 Template:Flagcountry 574 3 Template:Flagcountry 571 4 Template:Flagcountry 565 4 Template:Flagcountry 565 6 Template:Flagcountry 560 6 Template:Flagcountry 560 8 Template:Flagcountry 558 9 Template:Flagcountry 554 10 Template:Flagcountry 552 11 Template:Flagcountry (Flemish) 550 12 Template:Flagcountry 545 13 Template:Flagcountry 544 14 Template:Flagcountry 538 14 Template:Flagcountry 538 16 Template:Flagcountry 535 17 Template:Flagcountry 534 18 Template:Flagcountry 531 18 Template:Flagcountry 531 20 Template:Flagcountry 527 21 Template:Flagcountry 525 21 Template:Flagcountry 525 23 Template:Flagcountry 524 24 Template:Flagcountry 522 24 Template:Flagcountry 522 26 Template:Flagcountry 517 26 Template:Flagcountry 517 International average 516 28 Template:Flagcountry 498 29 Template:Flagcountry 497 30 Template:Flagcountry 494 31 Template:Flagcountry 486 32 Template:Flagcountry (Latvian) 485 33 Template:Flagcountry 480 34 Template:Flagcountry 478 35 Template:Flagcountry 476 36 Template:Flagcountry (French) 471 37 Template:Flagcountry 470 38 Template:Flagcountry 463 39 Template:Flagcountry 430 40 Template:Flagcountry 411 41 Template:Flagcountry 326

Fourth grade

Mathematics Rank Country Average scale score 1 Template:Flagcountry 625 2 Template:Flagcountry 611 3 Template:Flagcountry 597 4 Template:Flagcountry 587 5 Template:Flagcountry 577 6 Template:Flagcountry 567 7 Template:Flagcountry 559 8 Template:Flagcountry 552 9 Template:Flagcountry 550 10 Template:Flagcountry 548 11 Template:Flagcountry 546 12 Template:Flagcountry 545 13 Template:Flagcountry 532 14 Template:Flagcountry 531 International average 529 15 Template:Flagcountry (Latvian) 525 16 Template:Flagcountry 520 17 Template:Flagcountry 513 18 Template:Flagcountry 502 18 Template:Flagcountry 502 20 Template:Flagcountry 499 21 Template:Flagcountry 492 22 Template:Flagcountry 490 23 Template:Flagcountry 475 24 Template:Flagcountry 474 25 Template:Flagcountry 429 26 Template:Flagcountry 400

Science Rank Country Average scale score 1 Template:Flagcountry 597 2 Template:Flagcountry 574 3 Template:Flagcountry 565 3 Template:Flagcountry 565 5 Template:Flagcountry 562 6 Template:Flagcountry 557 6 Template:Flagcountry 557 8 Template:Flagcountry 551 9 Template:Flagcountry 549 10 Template:Flagcountry 547 11 Template:Flagcountry 546 12 Template:Flagcountry 539 13 Template:Flagcountry 536 14 Template:Flagcountry 533 15 Template:Flagcountry 532 16 Template:Flagcountry 531 International average 524 17 Template:Flagcountry 530 18 Template:Flagcountry (Latvian) 512 19 Template:Flagcountry 505 19 Template:Flagcountry 505 21 Template:Flagcountry 497 22 Template:Flagcountry 480 23 Template:Flagcountry 475 24 Template:Flagcountry 473 25 Template:Flagcountry 416 26 Template:Flagcountry 401

Additional initiatives

The TIMSS 1999 Video Study was a study of eighth-grade mathematics and science teaching in seven countries. The study involved videotaping and analyzing teaching practices in more than one thousand classrooms. In conjunction with the IEA, the study was conducted by the US National Center for Education Statistics, and the US Department of Education under a contract with LessonLab, Inc. of Los Angeles, California.

Cooperative partners

TIMSS depends on the collaboration of a large number of individuals and organizations around the world including the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College, IEA's offices in Amsterdam and Hamburg, Statistics Canada, and Educational Testing Service (ETS). In the United States, TIMSS is conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics of the US Department of Education. Data for US students is further tracked for ethnic and racial groups. TIMSS is mainly funded by the participating countries. Also, the US National Center for Education Statistics of the US Department of Education and the World Bank provide major support funding for the assessments.

United States results by race and ethnicity

Eighth grade

Mathematics
Race	2023	2019	2015	2011	2007	2003	1999	1995
	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score
Asian	580	591	585	568	549	—	—	—
White	516	548	541	530	533	525	525	516
Multiracial	495	540	521	513	506	—	—	—
US Average	488	515	518	509	508	504	502	500
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	—	495	—	—	—	—	—
Hispanic	456	486	492	485	475	465	457	443
American Indian/Alaska Native	483	477	—	—	—	—	—
Black	443	445	462	465	457	448	444	419

Science
Race	2023	2019	2015	2011	2007	2003	1999	1995
	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score
Asian	584	577	573	556	543	—	—	—
White	545	543	559	557	553	551	552	547	544
Multiracial	526	542	547	536	534	522	—	—	—
US Average	513	517	522	530	525	520	527	515	534
Hispanic	482	491	493	502	493	480	482	462	446
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	498	—	—	—	—	—
American Indian/Alaska Native	481	497	—	—	—	—	—
Black	466	445	469	470	455	463	438	422

Fourth grade

Mathematics
Race	2019	2015	2011	2007	2003	1995
	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score
Asian	586	605	583	582	—	—
White	559	559	559	550	542	541
Multiracial	554	565	554	534	—	—
US Average	535	539	541	529	518	545
American Indian/Alaska Native	515	527	—	—	—	—
Hispanic	508	515	520	504	492	493
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	500	502	—	—	—	—
Black	494	495	489	482	472	457

Science
Race	2019	2015	2011	2007	2003	1995
	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score
Asian	581	598	570	573	—	—
White	565	570	568	567	565	572
Multiracial	561	571	559	550	—	—
US Average	539	546	544	539	536	565
American Indian/Alaska Native	519	530	—	—	—	—
Hispanic	508	518	517	502	498	503
Black	497	501	490	488	487	462
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	495	503	—	—	—	—

All average country scores

• TIMSS 1995: 4th grade [1]; 8th grade [2]
• TIMSS 1999: 8th grade [3]
• TIMSS 2003: 4th grade [4][5]; 8th grade [6][7]
• TIMSS 2007: 4th and 8th grades [8][9]
• TIMSS 2011: 4th grade [10][11]; 8th grade [12][13]
• TIMSS 2015: 4th and 8th grades [14][15]
• TIMSS 2019: [16]

TIMSS and other international math and science studies

Hanushek and Woessmann developed a methodology to rescale 14 different international comparisons of math and/or science achievement to make them comparable. This includes the FIMS, FISS, and PISA, mentioned above, with TIMSS.

This methodology is disputed amongst experts. Quantitative methods used in educational and psychological measurement disagree with the approach as it is basically only a linear scale transformation that cannot ensure or examine whether PISA and TIMSS scores are based on the same or at least comparable measurement constructs: The numerical values used to measure shoe size and intelligence can be transformed so that both have the same arithmetic mean and standard deviation, but they still represent two very different characteristics. The equivalency of what is being measured needs to be established in linking studies that utilize well-designed joint data collections such as the TIMSS NAEP link, or IEA's Rosetta Stone.

Wu (2003, 2010) has shown that TIMSS and PISA do not produce exchangeable scores. One reason may be reading load even for mathematics and science items. TIMSS questions focus on the mathematics curricula taught around the world as seen in TIMSS example items, while PISA attempts to assess mathematics embedded in descriptions of situations encountered outside of the classroom, see PISA examples.

Participating countries

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See also

• International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
• Numeracy
• Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), an educational ranking among OECD nations
• Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
• Scientific literacy

References

• .

External links

• IEA's TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College
• www.iea.nl: TIMSS. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
• U.S. Department of Education TIMSS
• TIMSS: What Have We Learned about Math and Science Teaching? Template:Webarchive - Education Resources Information Center Clearinghouse for Science Mathematics and Environmental Education, Columbus, Ohio.
• Benchmarking to the world's best in mathematics. Quality control in curriculum and instruction among the top performers in the TIMSS