The IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)[1] 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.[2]
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 2019.[3] TIMSS assesses 4th and 8th grade students, while TIMSS Advanced assesses students in the final year of secondary school in advanced mathematics and physics.
"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 1970-71 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.[4]
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;[5] the data set was published in February 2017. TIMSS 2015 included data collected from parents for the first time.[6] 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.[7]
Preparations are underway for TIMSS 2023.
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.”[8]
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.[9]
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, the IEA's "Data Visualizer". can come in handy.
Cycles
TIMSS 2019
TIMSS 2019 was the seventh 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).[10] TIMSS 2019 collected detailed information about curriculum and curriculum implementation of participating countries and published this information the TIMSS 2019 Encyclopedia: Education Policy and Curriculum in Mathematics and Science.[11]
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.
TIMSS 2019 results are summarized in TIMSS 2019 International Results in Mathematics and Science.[7] This detailed report presents achievement and contextual data from participating countries and benchmarking entities. The TIMSS 2019 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.[12]
In TIMSS 2015,[17] nationally representative samples of students in 57 countries and 7 benchmarking entities participated in the fourth grade assessment, the eighth grade assessment, or both.[18]
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Study of international math and science skills This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message TIMSS 8th grade average Mathematics scores 2019 TIMSS 8th grade average Science scores 2019 TIMSS 4th grade average Mathematics scores 2019 TIMSS 4th grade average Science scores 2019 The IEA s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study TIMSS 91 1 93 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 91 2 93 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 2019 91 3 93 TIMSS assesses 4th and 8th grade students while TIMSS Advanced assesses students in the final year of secondary school in advanced mathematics and physics Contents 1 Definition of Terms 2 History 3 Method data and documentation 4 Cycles 4 1 TIMSS 2019 4 1 1 Eighth grade 4 1 2 Fourth grade 4 2 TIMSS 2015 4 2 1 Eighth grade 4 2 2 Fourth grade 4 3 TIMSS 2011 4 3 1 Eighth grade 4 3 2 Fourth grade 4 4 TIMSS 2007 4 4 1 Eighth grade 4 4 2 Fourth grade 4 5 TIMSS 2003 4 5 1 Eighth grade 4 5 2 Fourth grade 4 6 TIMSS 1999 4 6 1 Eighth grade 4 7 TIMSS 1995 4 7 1 Eighth grade 4 7 2 Fourth grade 5 Additional initiatives 6 Cooperative partners 6 1 United States results by race and ethnicity 6 1 1 Eighth grade 6 1 2 Fourth grade 7 All average country scores 8 TIMSS and other international math and science studies 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 12 External links Definition of Terms Edit 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 4eme 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 Edit 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 71 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 91 4 93 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 91 5 93 the data set was published in February 2017 TIMSS 2015 included data collected from parents for the first time 91 6 93 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 91 7 93 Preparations are underway for TIMSS 2023 Method data and documentation Edit 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 91 8 93 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 91 9 93 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 the IEA s Data Visualizer can come in handy Cycles Edit TIMSS 2019 Edit TIMSS 2019 was the seventh 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 91 10 93 TIMSS 2019 collected detailed information about curriculum and curriculum implementation of participating countries and published this information the TIMSS 2019 Encyclopedia Education Policy and Curriculum in Mathematics and Science 91 11 93 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 TIMSS 2019 results are summarized in TIMSS 2019 International Results in Mathematics and Science 91 7 93 This detailed report presents achievement and contextual data from participating countries and benchmarking entities The TIMSS 2019 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 91 12 93 Eighth grade Edit Mathematics 91 13 93 Rank Country Averagescale score Changeover 4 years 1 160 Singapore 616 5 points 2 160 Chinese Taipei 612 13 points 3 160 South Korea 607 1 point 4 160 Japan 594 8 points 5 160 Hong Kong 578 16 points 6 160 Russia 543 5 points 7 160 Ireland 524 1 point 8 160 Lithuania 520 9 points 9 160 Israel 519 8 points 10 160 Australia 517 12 points 10 160 Hungary 517 3 points 12 160 United States 515 3 points 12 160 England 515 3 points 14 160 Finland 509 N A 15 160 Norway 91 a 93 503 9 points 15 160 Sweden 503 2 points 17 160 Cyprus 501 N A 18 160 Portugal 500 N A International average 500 19 160 Italy 497 3 points 20 160 Turkey 496 38 points 21 160 Kazakhstan 488 40 points 22 160 France 483 N A 23 160 New Zealand 482 11 points 24 160 Bahrain 481 27 points 25 160 Romania 479 N A 26 160 United Arab Emirates 473 8 points 27 160 Georgia 461 8 points 27 160 Malaysia 461 4 points 29 160 Iran 446 8 points 30 160 Qatar 443 6 points 31 160 Chile 441 14 points 32 160 Lebanon 429 13 points 33 160 Jordan 420 34 points 34 160 Egypt 413 21 points 35 160 Oman 411 8 points 36 160 Kuwait 403 11 points 37 160 Saudi Arabia 394 26 points 38 160 South Africa 91 a 93 389 17 points 39 160 Morocco 388 4 points Benchmarking participants Moscow Russia 575 N A Quebec Canada 543 Dubai United Arab Emirates 537 25 points Ontario Canada 530 8 points Western Cape South Africa 91 a 93 441 N A Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 436 6 points Gauteng South Africa 91 a 93 421 N A Science 91 14 93 Rank Country Averagescale score Changeover 4 years 1 160 Singapore 608 11 points 2 160 Chinese Taipei 574 5 points 3 160 Japan 570 1 point 4 160 South Korea 561 5 points 5 160 Russia 543 1 point 5 160 Finland 543 N A 7 160 Lithuania 534 15 points 8 160 Hungary 530 3 points 9 160 Australia 528 16 points 10 160 Ireland 523 7 points 11 160 United States 522 8 points 12 160 Sweden 521 1 point 13 160 Portugal 519 N A 14 160 England 517 20 points 15 160 Turkey 515 22 points 16 160 Israel 513 6 points 17 160 Hong Kong 504 42 points 18 160 Italy 500 1 point International average 500 19 160 New Zealand 499 14 points 20 160 Norway 91 a 93 495 14 points 21 160 France 489 N A 22 160 Bahrain 486 20 points 23 160 Cyprus 484 N A 24 160 Kazakhstan 478 55 points 25 160 Qatar 475 18 points 26 160 United Arab Emirates 473 4 points 27 160 Romania 470 N A 28 160 Chile 462 8 points 29 160 Malaysia 460 11 points 30 160 Oman 457 2 points 31 160 Jordan 452 26 points 32 160 Iran 449 7 points 33 160 Georgia 447 4 points 34 160 Kuwait 444 33 points 35 160 Saudi Arabia 431 35 points 36 160 Morocco 394 1 point 37 160 Egypt 389 18 points 38 160 Lebanon 377 21 points 39 160 South Africa 91 a 93 370 12 points Benchmarking participants Moscow Russia 567 N A Quebec Canada 548 18 points Dubai United Arab Emirates 537 12 points Ontario Canada 522 2 points Western Cape South Africa 91 a 93 439 N A Gauteng South Africa 91 a 93 422 N A Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 420 34 points a b c d e f g h Ninth grade students Fourth grade Edit Mathematics 91 15 93 Rank Country Averagescale score Changeover 4 years 1 160 Singapore 625 7 points 2 160 Hong Kong 602 13 points 3 160 South Korea 600 8 points 4 160 Chinese Taipei 599 2 points 5 160 Japan 593 6 160 Russia 567 3 points 7 Northern Ireland 566 4 points 8 160 England 556 10 points 9 160 Ireland 548 1 point 10 160 Latvia 546 N A 11 160 Norway 91 a 93 543 6 points 12 160 Lithuania 542 7 points 13 160 Austria 539 N A 14 160 Netherlands 538 8 points 15 160 United States 535 4 points 16 160 Czech Republic 533 5 points 17 160 Belgium Flemish 532 14 points 17 160 Cyprus 532 9 points 17 160 Finland 532 3 points 20 160 Portugal 525 16 points 20 160 Denmark 525 14 points 22 160 Hungary 523 6 points 22 160 Turkey 91 a 93 523 N A 24 160 Sweden 521 2 points 24 160 Germany 521 1 point 26 160 Poland 520 15 points 27 160 Australia 516 1 point 28 160 Azerbaijan 515 N A 28 160 Bulgaria 515 9 points 28 160 Italy 515 8 points 31 160 Kazakhstan 512 32 points 31 160 Canada 512 1 point 33 160 Slovakia 510 12 points 34 160 Croatia 509 7 points 34 160 Malta 509 N A 36 160 Serbia 508 10 points 37 160 Spain 502 3 points International average 500 38 160 Armenia 498 N A 39 160 Albania 494 N A 40 160 New Zealand 487 4 points 41 160 France 485 3 points 42 160 Georgia 482 19 points 43 160 United Arab Emirates 481 29 points 44 160 Bahrain 480 29 points 45 160 North Macedonia 472 N A 46 160 Montenegro 453 N A 47 160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 452 N A 48 160 Qatar 449 10 points 49 160 Kosovo 444 N A 50 160 Iran 443 12 points 51 160 Chile 441 18 points 52 160 Oman 431 6 points 53 160 Saudi Arabia 398 15 points 54 160 Morocco 383 6 points 54 160 Kuwait 383 30 points 56 160 South Africa 91 a 93 374 2 points 57 160 Pakistan 328 N A 58 160 Philippines 297 N A Benchmarking participants Moscow Russia 593 N A Dubai United Arab Emirates 544 33 points Quebec Canada 532 4 points Madrid Spain 518 N A Ontario Canada 512 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 441 22 points Science 91 16 93 Rank Country Averagescale score Changeover 4 years 1 160 Singapore 595 5 points 2 160 South Korea 588 1 point 3 160 Russia 567 4 160 Japan 562 7 points 5 160 Chinese Taipei 558 3 points 6 160 Finland 555 1 point 7 160 Latvia 542 N A 8 160 Norway 91 a 93 539 1 point 8 160 United States 539 7 points 10 160 Lithuania 538 10 points 11 160 Sweden 537 3 points 11 160 England 537 1 point 13 160 Czech Republic 534 14 160 Australia 533 9 points 15 160 Hong Kong 531 26 points 15 160 Poland 531 16 points 17 160 Hungary 529 13 points 18 160 Ireland 528 1 point 19 160 Turkey 91 a 93 526 N A 20 160 Croatia 524 9 points 21 160 Canada 523 2 points 22 160 Denmark 522 5 points 22 160 Austria 522 N A 24 160 Bulgaria 521 15 points 24 160 Slovakia 521 1 point 26 Northern Ireland 518 2 points 26 160 Netherlands 518 1 point 26 160 Germany 518 10 points 29 160 Serbia 517 8 points 30 160 Cyprus 511 30 points 30 160 Spain 511 7 points 32 160 Italy 510 6 points 33 160 Portugal 504 4 points 34 160 New Zealand 503 3 points 35 160 Belgium Flemish 501 11 points International average 500 36 160 Malta 496 N A 37 160 Kazakhstan 494 56 points 38 160 Bahrain 493 34 points 39 160 Albania 489 N A 40 160 France 488 1 point 41 160 United Arab Emirates 473 22 points 42 160 Chile 469 9 points 43 160 Armenia 466 N A 44 160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 459 N A 45 160 Georgia 454 3 points 46 160 Montenegro 453 N A 47 160 Qatar 449 13 points 48 160 Iran 441 20 points 49 160 Oman 435 4 points 50 160 Azerbaijan 427 N A 51 160 North Macedonia 426 N A 52 160 Kosovo 413 N A 53 160 Saudi Arabia 402 12 points 54 160 Kuwait 392 55 points 54 160 Morocco 374 17 points 56 160 South Africa 91 a 93 324 N A 57 160 Pakistan 290 N A 58 160 Philippines 249 N A Benchmarking participants Moscow Russia 595 N A Dubai United Arab Emirates 545 27 points Ontario Canada 524 6 points Madrid Spain 523 N A Quebec Canada 522 3 points Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 418 3 points a b c d e f Fifth grade students TIMSS 2015 Edit In TIMSS 2015 91 17 93 nationally representative samples of students in 57 countries and 7 benchmarking entities participated in the fourth grade assessment the eighth grade assessment or both 91 18 93 Eighth grade Edit Mathematics 91 19 93 Rank Country Averagescale score Changeover 4 years 1 160 Singapore 621 10 points 2 160 South Korea 606 7 points 3 160 Chinese Taipei 599 10 points 4 160 Hong Kong 594 8 points 5 160 Japan 586 16 points 6 160 Russia 538 1 point 7 160 Kazakhstan 528 41 points 8 160 Canada 527 N A 9 160 Ireland 523 N A 10 160 United States 518 9 points 10 160 England 518 11 points 12 160 Slovenia 516 11 points 13 160 Hungary 514 9 points 14 160 Norway 91 a 93 512 N A 15 160 Lithuania 511 9 points 15 160 Israel 511 5 points 17 160 Australia 505 18 160 Sweden 501 17 points International average 500 19 160 Italy 494 4 points 19 160 Malta 494 N A 21 160 New Zealand 493 5 points 22 160 Malaysia 465 25 points 23 160 United Arab Emirates 465 9 points 24 160 Turkey 458 6 points 25 160 Bahrain 454 45 points 26 160 Georgia 453 22 points 27 160 Lebanon 442 7 points 28 160 Qatar 437 27 points 29 160 Iran 436 21 points 30 160 Thailand 431 4 points 31 160 Chile 427 11 points 32 160 Oman 403 37 points 33 160 Kuwait 392 N A 33 160 Egypt 392 N A 35 160 Botswana 91 a 93 391 6 points 36 160 Jordan 386 20 points 37 160 Morocco 384 13 points 38 160 South Africa 91 a 93 372 20 points 39 160 Saudi Arabia 368 26 points Benchmarking participants Quebec Canada 543 11 points Ontario Canada 522 10 points Dubai United Arab Emirates 512 34 points Florida United States 493 20 points 160 Norway 91 b 93 487 12 points Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 442 7 points Buenos Aires Argentina 396 N A Science 91 20 93 Rank Country Averagescale score Changeover 4 years 1 160 Singapore 597 7 points 2 160 Japan 571 13 points 3 160 Chinese Taipei 569 5 points 4 160 South Korea 556 4 points 5 160 Slovenia 551 8 points 6 160 Hong Kong 546 11 points 7 160 Russia 544 2 points 8 160 England 537 4 points 9 160 Kazakhstan 533 43 points 10 160 Ireland 530 N A 10 160 United States 530 5 points 12 160 Hungary 527 5 points 13 160 Canada 526 N A 14 160 Sweden 522 13 points 15 160 Lithuania 519 5 points 16 160 New Zealand 513 1 point 17 160 Australia 512 7 points 18 160 Norway 91 a 93 509 N A 19 160 Israel 507 9 points International average 500 20 160 Italy 499 2 points 21 160 Turkey 493 10 points 22 160 Malta 481 N A 23 160 United Arab Emirates 477 12 points 24 160 Malaysia 471 45 points 25 160 Bahrain 466 14 points 26 160 Qatar 457 38 points 27 160 Iran 456 18 points 27 160 Thailand 456 5 points 29 160 Oman 455 35 points 30 160 Chile 454 7 points 31 160 Georgia 443 23 points 32 160 Jordan 426 23 points 33 160 Kuwait 411 N A 34 160 Lebanon 398 8 points 35 160 Saudi Arabia 396 40 points 36 160 Morocco 393 17 points 37 160 Botswana 91 a 93 392 12 points 38 160 Egypt 371 N A 39 160 South Africa 91 a 93 358 26 points Benchmarking participants Quebec Canada 530 10 points Dubai United Arab Emirates 525 40 points Ontario Canada 524 3 points Florida United States 508 22 points 160 Norway 91 b 93 489 5 points Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 454 7 points Buenos Aires Argentina 386 N A a b c d e f Ninth grade students a b Eighth grade students Fourth grade Edit Mathematics 91 19 93 Rank Country Averagescale score Changeover 4 years 1 160 Singapore 618 12 points 2 160 Hong Kong 615 13 points 3 160 South Korea 608 3 points 4 160 Chinese Taipei 597 6 points 5 160 Japan 593 8 points 6 Northern Ireland 570 8 points 7 160 Russia 564 22 points 8 160 Norway 91 a 93 549 N A 9 160 Ireland 547 20 points 10 160 England 546 4 points 10 160 Belgium Flemish 546 3 points 12 160 Kazakhstan 544 43 points 13 160 Portugal 541 9 points 14 160 United States 539 2 points 14 160 Denmark 539 2 points 16 160 Lithuania 535 1 point 16 160 Finland 535 10 points 16 160 Poland 535 54 points 19 160 Netherlands 530 10 points 20 160 Hungary 529 14 points 21 160 Czech Republic 528 17 points 22 160 Bulgaria 524 N A 23 160 Cyprus 523 N A 24 160 Germany 522 6 points 25 160 Slovenia 520 7 points 26 160 Sweden 519 15 points 27 160 Serbia 518 2 points 28 160 Australia 517 1 point 29 160 Canada 511 N A 30 160 Italy 507 1 point 31 160 Spain 505 23 points 32 160 Croatia 502 12 points International average 500 33 160 Slovakia 498 9 points 34 160 New Zealand 491 5 points 35 160 France 488 N A 36 160 Turkey 483 14 points 37 160 Georgia 463 13 points 38 160 Chile 459 3 points 39 160 United Arab Emirates 452 18 points 40 160 Bahrain 451 15 points 41 160 Qatar 439 26 points 42 160 Iran 431 43 160 Oman 425 40 points 44 160 Indonesia 397 N A 45 160 Jordan 388 N A 46 160 Saudi Arabia 383 27 points 47 160 Morocco 377 42 points 48 160 South Africa 91 a 93 376 N A 49 160 Kuwait 353 11 points Benchmarking participants Florida United States 546 1 point Quebec Canada 536 3 points Ontario Canada 512 6 points Dubai United Arab Emirates 511 43 points 160 Norway 91 b 93 493 2 points Buenos Aires Argentina 432 N A Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 419 2 points Science 91 20 93 Rank Country Averagescale score Changeover 4 years 1 160 Singapore 590 7 points 2 160 South Korea 589 2 points 3 160 Japan 569 10 points 4 160 Russia 567 15 points 5 160 Hong Kong 557 22 points 6 160 Chinese Taipei 555 3 points 7 160 Finland 554 16 points 8 160 Kazakhstan 550 55 points 9 160 Poland 547 42 points 10 160 United States 546 2 points 11 160 Slovenia 543 23 points 12 160 Hungary 542 8 points 13 160 Sweden 540 7 points 14 160 Norway 91 a 93 538 N A 15 160 England 536 7 points 15 160 Bulgaria 536 N A 17 160 Czech Republic 534 2 points 18 160 Croatia 533 17 points 19 160 Ireland 529 13 points 20 160 Germany 528 20 160 Lithuania 528 13 points 22 160 Denmark 527 1 point 23 160 Canada 525 N A 23 160 Serbia 525 9 points 25 160 Australia 524 8 points 26 160 Slovakia 520 12 points 26 Northern Ireland 520 3 points 28 160 Spain 518 13 points 29 160 Netherlands 517 14 points 30 160 Italy 516 8 points 31 160 Belgium Flemish 512 3 points 32 160 Portugal 508 14 points 33 160 New Zealand 506 9 points International average 500 34 160 France 487 N A 35 160 Turkey 483 20 points 36 160 Cyprus 481 N A 37 160 Chile 478 2 points 38 160 Bahrain 459 10 points 39 160 Georgia 451 4 points 39 160 United Arab Emirates 451 23 points 41 160 Qatar 436 42 points 42 160 Oman 431 54 points 43 160 Iran 421 32 points 44 160 Indonesia 397 N A 45 160 Saudi Arabia 390 39 points 46 160 Morocco 357 93 points 47 160 Kuwait 337 10 points Benchmarking participants Florida United States 549 4 points Ontario Canada 530 2 points Quebec Canada 525 9 points Dubai United Arab Emirates 518 57 points 160 Norway 91 b 93 493 1 point Buenos Aires Argentina 418 N A Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 415 4 points a b c Fifth grade students a b Fourth grade students TIMSS 2011 Edit TIMSS 2011 91 21 93 had 52 participating educational systems for the fourth grade and 45 for the eighth grade 91 6 93 Eighth grade Edit Mathematics 91 22 93 Rank Country Averagescale score Changeover 4 years 1 160 South Korea 613 16 points 2 160 Singapore 611 18 points 3 160 Chinese Taipei 609 11 points 4 160 Hong Kong 586 14 points 5 160 Japan 570 6 160 Russia 539 27 points 7 160 Israel 516 53 points 8 160 Finland 514 N A 9 160 United States 509 1 point 10 160 England 507 6 points 11 160 Hungary 505 12 points 11 160 Australia 505 9 points 11 160 Slovenia 505 4 points 14 160 Lithuania 502 4 points International average 500 15 160 Italy 498 18 points 16 160 New Zealand 488 N A 17 160 Kazakhstan 487 N A 18 160 Sweden 484 7 points 19 160 Ukraine 479 17 points 20 160 Norway 475 6 points 21 160 Armenia 467 32 points 22 160 Romania 458 3 points 23 160 United Arab Emirates 456 N A 24 160 Turkey 452 20 points 25 160 Lebanon 449 26 160 Malaysia 440 34 points 27 160 Georgia 431 21 points 28 160 Thailand 427 14 points 29 160 Macedonia 426 N A 30 160 Tunisia 425 5 points 31 160 Chile 416 N A 32 160 Iran 415 12 points 33 160 Qatar 410 103 points 34 160 Bahrain 409 N A 35 160 Jordan 406 21 points 36 160 Palestine 404 37 points 37 160 Saudi Arabia 394 65 points 38 160 Indonesia 386 11 points 39 160 Syria 380 15 points 40 160 Morocco 371 10 points 41 160 Oman 366 6 points 42 160 Ghana 331 22 points Ninth grade participants 160 Botswana 91 a 93 397 N A 160 South Africa 91 a 93 352 N A 160 Honduras 91 a 93 338 N A Benchmarking participants Massachusetts United States 561 14 points Minnesota United States 545 13 points North Carolina United States 537 N A Quebec Canada 532 4 points Indiana United States 522 N A Colorado United States 518 N A Connecticut United States 518 N A Florida United States 513 N A Ontario Canada 512 5 points Alberta Canada 505 N A California United States 493 N A Dubai United Arab Emirates 478 17 points Alabama United States 466 N A Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 449 N A Science 91 23 93 Rank Country Averagescale score Changeover 4 years 1 160 Singapore 590 23 points 2 160 Chinese Taipei 564 3 points 3 160 South Korea 560 7 points 4 160 Japan 558 4 points 5 160 Finland 552 N A 6 160 Slovenia 543 5 points 7 160 Russia 542 12 points 8 160 Hong Kong 535 5 points 9 160 England 533 img, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
