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Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study [TIMSS]

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The Lynch School of Education at Boston College conducts the TIMSS and PIRLS studies for the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). Therefore, this website and the IEA's website provide the most comprehensive information on [...]

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The IEA is an international cooperative of national research institutions and governmental research agencies from almost 70 countries worldwide. Since it was founded in 1958, the IEA has carried out more than 30 international large-scale comparative studies of educational achievement. Some prominent examples are the Trends in [...]

The TIMSS 1999 Video Study was a cross-national study of eighth-grade classroom mathematics and science teaching. The study involves videotaping and analyzing teaching practices in more than one thousand classrooms in seven countries. The TIMSS 1999 Video Study was completed in two separate phases. The mathematics portion of the study was completed in March 2003, and the [...]

The Case Study Project is a component of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and this volume-To Sum It Up-is one of five publications in the Case Study Project. The Project was designed to provide in-depth information on education in three nations: Germany, Japan, and the United States. The four research topics which were the focus of the case [...]