American Enterprise Institute

TIMSS Shows the Bottom Is Falling Out for US Test Scores

Last week’s release of 2023 scores from the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)—an international assessment measuring fourth and eighth graders in math and science—offers a fresh look at ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Learning from TIMSS: Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, Summary of a Symposium

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Boston College

Next steps for major world surveys of student achievement

TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center executive directors Matthias von Davier and Ina V.S. Mullis discuss pending global assessments of student proficiency in math, science, and reading literacy ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Global Perspectives for Local Action: Using TIMSS to Improve U.S. Mathematics and Science Education

In recent years, U.S. mathematics and science education has become a focus of considerable public concern. Much of that concern has been generated by the results of the Third International Mathematics ...
The Conversation

NZ school science results improve – but international testing highlights a stubborn socioeconomic gap

Cathy Buntting was a member of the 2023 writing team for science within The New Zealand Curriculum refresh. The latest international test results have some good news for New Zealand primary school ...