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About TIMSS 2015
In 2015, IEA and its TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College conducted TIMSS 2015 at fourth and eighth grades and TIMSS Advanced 2015 for students in the final year of secondary school enrolled in special advanced mathematics and physics programs or tracks. Both TIMSS 2015 and TIMSS Advanced 2015 provide 20-year trend measures for countries that participated in the first TIMSS assessments in 1995.
TIMSS 2015 and TIMSS Advanced 2015 continue the long history of international assessments in mathematics and science conducted by IEA – the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. IEA is an independent international cooperative of national research institutions and government agencies that has been conducting studies of cross-national achievement since 1959.
Highlights from TIMSS 2015
Assessment Frameworks
The TIMSS 2015 Assessment Frameworks provides the foundation for the five international assessments to take place as part of IEA’s TIMSS 2015.
Encyclopedia
The TIMSS 2015 Encyclopedia: Education Policy and Curriculum in Mathematics and Science is a comprehensive compendium of how mathematics and science are taught around the world.
Mathematics Results
The TIMSS 2015 mathematics achievement results are reported as average scores and distributions on the fourth and eighth grade TIMSS 2015 mathematics achievement scales.
Science Results
The TIMSS 2015 science achievement results are reported as average scores and distributions on the fourth and eighth grade TIMSS 2015 science achievement scales.
20 Years of TIMSS
TIMSS assessment and questionnaire data provide an authoritative account of how the world’s students are currently performing in mathematics and science, how performance has evolved over the...
Methods and Procedures
Here is documented the development of the TIMSS assessments and questionnaires and describes the methods used in sampling, translation verification, data collection, database construction, and...
International Database
The TIMSS 2015 International Database is available to all individuals interested in the data collected and analyzed as part of TIMSS 2015.
Context Questionnaires
An important purpose of TIMSS 2015 is to study the home, community, school, and student factors associated with student achievement in mathematics and science at the fourth and eighth grades.