• Public school students’ average score was 533 at grade 8.
• Higher percentages of Indiana 8th-graders performed at or above each of the four TIMSS international benchmarks than the international medians. For example, 10 percent of 8th-graders in Indiana performed at or above the Advanced benchmark (625) compared to the international median of 4 percent at grade 8 (see figure 12, Highlights from TIMSS 2011).
• In Indiana, males outperformed females by 15 score points on average in science at grade 8 (see figure 14, Highlights from TIMSS 2011). Male and female students in Indiana scored higher, on average, in science than the TIMSS scale average (table 2).
• White students’ average scores were higher than the TIMSS scale average, while Black and Asian students scored lower, on average, than the TIMSS scale average. Hispanic and multiracial students’ average scores were not measurably different from the TIMSS scale average.
• Students in public schools with at least 10 percent but less than 75 percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch scored higher, on average, than the TIMSS scale average, while the average score of students in schools with 75 percent or more of students eligible for free or reduced- price lunch was not measurably different from the TIMSS scale average.

Suggested Citation: Provasnik, S., Kastberg, D., Ferraro, D., Lemanski, N., Roey, S., and Jenkins, F. (2012). Highlights From TIMSS 2011: Mathematics and Science Achievement of U.S. Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Students in an International Context (NCES 2013-009). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.