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Highlights from PIRLS and TIMSS 2011

Highlights from PIRLS and TIMSS 2011. Jack Buckley National Center for Education Statistics Washington, DC December 11, 2012. Overview. What are PIRLS and TIMSS and which education systems participate in them? How are U.S. students performing compared to their international peers in:

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Highlights from PIRLS and TIMSS 2011

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  1. Highlights from PIRLS and TIMSS 2011 Jack Buckley National Center for Education Statistics Washington, DC December 11, 2012

  2. Overview • What are PIRLS and TIMSS and which education systems participate in them? • How are U.S. students performing compared to their international peers in: • 4th-grade reading? • 4th- and 8th-grade mathematics? • 4th- and 8th-grade science? • How are students performing in participating U.S. states?

  3. What are…? PIRLS TIMSS • Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) • 4th- and 8th-grade mathematics and science assessment • Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) • 4th-grade reading assessment • Developed by the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College, under contract to the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) • 2001 2006 2011 1995 1999* 2003 2007 2011 * In 1999, no grade 4 assessment.

  4. TIMSS participating education systems (in either/both grades) 37 education systems 74 education systems 57 education systems 44 education systems 47 education systems 2011

  5. Participating states • 9 states participated as separate entities to obtain scores in PIRLS or TIMSS or both • Each participated as part of the nation and on its own • NCES funded participation at grade 8 of all states except Florida as part of a study to statistically link NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) and TIMSS (Florida received other Education Department funding)

  6. U.S. national sample size PIRLS TIMSS 4th grade Schools: 370 Students: 12,726 4th grade Schools: 369 Students: 12,569 8th grade Schools: 501 Students: 10,477

  7. U.S. state sample sizes(public schools only) PIRLS TIMSS 4th grade (FL) Schools: 77 Students: 2,598 4th grade (FL, NC) Schools: 46 – 77 Students: 1,792 – 2,661 8th grade (AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, IN, MA, MN, NC) Schools: 53 – 82 Students: 1,712 – 2,614

  8. SCIENCE

  9. TIMSS 2011 science framework

  10. What is on the TIMSS science assessment? GRADE 4 Percentage of 4th-graders answering correctly: U.S.: 96% Int’l Avg.: 83%

  11. What is on the TIMSS science assessment? GRADE 4 Percentage of 4th-graders answering correctly: U.S.: 90% Int’l Avg.: 73%

  12. What is on the TIMSS science assessment? GRADE 8 Percentage of 8th-graders answering correctly: U.S.: 28% Int’l Avg.: 27%

  13. What is on the TIMSS science assessment? GRADE 8 Percentage of 8th-graders answering correctly: U.S.: 76% Int’l Avg.: 61%

  14. U.S. average score (525) higher than the TIMSS scale average (500) Higher than U.S. Not measurably different than U.S. Lower than U.S.

  15. U.S. average score (525) lower than in 12 education systems Higher than U.S. Not measurably different than U.S. Lower than U.S.

  16. U.S. average (525) not measurably different than in 10 education systems Higher than U.S. Not measurably different than U.S. Lower than U.S.

  17. U.S. average score (525) higher than in 33 education systems Higher than U.S. Not measurably different than U.S. Lower than U.S.

  18. Average science scores of 8th-grade studentsincreasedfrom 2007 to 2011 in 9 education systems *p < .05. Change in average scores is significant. NOTE: Education systems ordered according to average science score in 2011.

  19. Average science scores of 8th-grade studentsdecreasedfrom 2007 to 2011 in 7 education systems *p < .05. Change in average scores is significant. NOTE: Education systems ordered according to average science score in 2011.

  20. TIMSS international sciencebenchmarks

  21. Percentages of U.S. 8th-graders reaching TIMSS science benchmarks were higher than international medians in 2011 NOTE: All U.S. percentages are significantly higher than the corresponding TIMSS international median at the .05 level of statistical significance.

  22. Twelve systems had higher percentages of 8th-graders reaching Advanced than the U.S. Higher than U.S. (p < .05) Not measurably different than U.S. (p < .05) NOTE: Education systems with lower percentages of students reaching the Advanced benchmark than the percentage of U.S. students reaching the Advanced benchmark are not included in figure.

  23. Summary of change in average U.S. scores over time Grade 4 Grade 8 Change over time in U.S. average scores was statistically significant. Change over time in U.S. average scores was not measurably different.

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