Publication Date
12-8-2020
Subjects
Mathematics achievement, Science achievement, Cognitive skills, Student characteristics, Performance, International programs, Tests, Year 4, Year 8
Abstract
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an international comparative study of student achievement directed by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). TIMSS was first conducted in 1995 and the assessment conducted in 2019 formed the seventh cycle, providing 24 years of trends in mathematics and science achievement at Year 4 and Year 8. In Australia, TIMSS is managed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and is jointly funded by the Australian Government and the state and territory governments. The goal of TIMSS is to provide comparative information about educational achievement across countries in order to improve teaching and learning in mathematics and science. TIMSS is based on a research model that uses the curriculum, within context, as its foundation. TIMSS is designed, broadly, to align with the mathematics and science curricula used in the participating education systems and countries, and focuses on assessment at Year 4 and Year 8. TIMSS also provides important data about students’ contexts for learning mathematics and science based on questionnaires completed by students and their parents, teachers and school principals. This report presents the results for Australia as a whole, for the Australian states and territories and for the other participants in TIMSS 2019, so that Australia’s results can be viewed in an international context, and student performance can be monitored over time. The results from TIMSS, as one of the assessments in the National Assessment Program, allow for nationally comparable reports of student outcomes against the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians. (Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs, 2008).
Recommended Citation
Thomson, S., Wernert, N., Rodrigues, S., & O'Grady, E. (2020). TIMSS 2019 Australia. Volume I: Student performance. Australian Council for Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-614-7
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This material must be attributed as: TIMSS 2019 Australia. Volume I: Student performance by Sue Thomson, Nicole Wernert, Sima Rodrigues and Elizabeth O’Grady (Australian Council for Educational Research) under contract with the Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment who is the copyright owner of the material.
Place of Publication
Camberwell, Australia
Publisher
Australian Council for Educational Research
ISBN
978-1-74286-614-7
DOI
10.37517/978-1-74286-614-7
Geographic Subject
Australia
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Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, International and Comparative Education Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons