TIMSS 2007 Technical Report

The TIMSS 2007 Technical Report provides technical documentation about the design and implementation of the assessment, including details of the processes underlying the development of the TIMSS 2007 instruments and the methods used in sampling, data collection, scaling, data analysis, and reporting. In particular, the TIMSS 2007 Technical Report provides detailed documentation about the procedures and methods used by TIMSS to provide internationally comparative data of high quality. The report explains the multi-faceted attention to quality and the many quality assurance steps that were implemented from updating the assessment frameworks for TIMSS 2007 through release of the international database and the User Guide.

Published December 2008, Revised August 2009

In the TIMSS 2007 Technical Report published in December 2008, exhibits pertaining to the Knowing and Applying cognitive domains were mislabeled, so that data labeled “Knowing” actually were Applying data and those labeled “Applying” actually were Knowing data. This has been rectified in the revised online version of the Technical Report by replacing Exhibits 11.16, 11.17, 11.18, and 11.19 in Chapter 11, as well as Exhibits E.4, E.5, E.10, E.11, E17, E.18, E.24, and E.25 in Appendix E.

Download Files

Publications are available in Portable Document Format (PDF).  You may need to download a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader© to enable you to read and print the reports.

Get the full report (42 MB)

If you need to download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader© which will enable you to read and print the reports, press the icon below.

The Technical Report also is available in a printed and bound copy, which can be ordered for a fee of US$20. Shipping and handling costs for orders within the U.S. are $5 per report. Shipping and handling costs for international orders are US$15 per report. Print a fax order form or to phone order call +1(617)552-1600.

Download by chapter:

• Front Matter Revised August 2009
• Chapter 1:Overview of TIMSS 2007
• Chapter 2:Developing the TIMSS 2007 Mathematics and Science Assessments and Scoring Guides
• Chapter 3:Developing the TIMSS 2007 Background Questionnaires
• Chapter 4:Translation and National Adaptations of the TIMSS 2007 Assessment and Questionnaires
• Chapter 5:TIMSS 2007 Sample Design
• Chapter 6:TIMSS 2007 Survey Operations Procedures
• Chapter 7:Quality Assurance in the TIMSS 2007 Data Collection
• Chapter 8:Creating and Checking the TIMSS 2007 Database
• Chapter 9:TIMSS 2007 Sampling Weights and Participation Rates
• Chapter 10:Reviewing the TIMSS 2007 Item Statistics
• Chapter 11:Scaling the Data from the TIMSS 2007 Mathematics and Science Assessments, Revised August 2009
• Chapter 12:Creating the TIMSS 2007 Background Indices
• Chapter 13:The TIMSS 2007 International Benchmarks of Student Achievement in Mathematics and Science
• Appendix A:Organizations and Individuals Responsible for TIMSS 2007
• Appendix B:Characteristics of National Samples
• Appendix C:Country Adaptations to Items and Item Scoring
• Appendix D:Item Parameters for IRT Analyses of TIMSS 2007 Data
• Appendix E:Summary Statistics and Standard Errors for Proficiency in Mathematics and Science Content Domains and Cognitive Domains in the Fourth and Eighth Grades, Revised August 2009
• Appendix F:Item Descriptions Developed During the TIMSS 2007 Benchmarking