TIMSS

TIMSS National Project Coordinator Sue Thomson answers the key questions: what is TIMSS, what do the tests look like and how is TIMSS different from PISA?

Two reports released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) confirm that the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students has barely narrowed over the past 15 years.

Results from an international study of mathematics and science achievement reveal no improvement in the performance of Australian students.

The latest international survey shows that Australian students’ mathematics and science achievement levels continue to slide. So what it will take to lift them?

A report released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on the latest international study of mathematics and science achievement reveals no improvement in the performance of Australian students.

• Australia was outperformed by 21 countries in Year 4 mathematics and 17 countries in Year 4 science, and by 12 countries in Year 8 mathematics and 14 countries in Year 8 science.
• Australian performances in mathematics and science have largely stagnated over the past 20 years.

Sue Thomson explores what the results from an international assessment of mathematics and science reveal about the students in a typical Australian classroom.