TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced Results from 2015

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View more than 70 tables and figures with 2015 results (also available in Excel):

Mathematics for Grades 4 and 8

• Average scores: grade 4, grade 8
• Subscale scores
  • Content subscales: grade 4, grade 8
  • Cognitive subscales: grade 4, grade 8
• International benchmarks: grade 4 (data only), grade 8 (data only), description
• Percentiles: grade 4, grade 8
• Trends over 3 time points
  • Average scores: grade 4 (data only), grade 8 (data only)
  • Content subscales: grade 4 (s.e.), grade 8 (s.e.)
  • Cognitive subscales: grade 4 (s.e.), grade 8 (s.e.)
  • International benchmarks: grade 4 (s.e.), grade 8 (s.e.)
• U.S. trends over 5-6 time points
  • International benchmarks: grade 4, grade 8
  • Percentiles: grade 4, grade 8
• Gender: grade 4 (data only), grade 8 (data only)
• Student race/ethnicity and school poverty: grade 4, grade 8
• Results for Florida: averages, international benchmarks

Science for Grades 4 and 8

• Average scores: grade 4, grade 8
• Subscale scores
  • Content subscales: grade 4, grade 8
  • Cognitive subscales: grade 4, grade 8
• International benchmarks: grade 4 (data only), grade 8 (data only), description
• Percentiles: grade 4, grade 8
• Trends over 3 time points
  • Average scores: grade 4 (data only), grade 8 (data only)
  • Content subscales: grade 4 (s.e.), grade 8 (s.e.)
  • Cognitive subscales: grade 4 (s.e.), grade 8 (s.e.)
  • International benchmarks: grade 4 (s.e.), grade 8 (s.e.)
• U.S. trends over 5-6 time points
  • International benchmarks: grade 4, grade 8
  • Percentiles: grade 4, grade 8
• Gender: grade 4 (data only), grade 8 (data only)
• Student race/ethnicity and school poverty: grade 4, grade 8
• Results for Florida: averages, international benchmarks

Advanced Mathematics at the End of High School

• Covered population
• Average scores
• Subscale scores: content, cognitive
• International benchmarks: percentages (data only), description
• Percentiles
• Trends: average scores (data only), international benchmarks
• Gender: average scores (data only), high performers
• Student race/ethnicity and school poverty
• AP status

Physics at the End of High School

• Covered population
• Average scores
• Subscale scores: content, cognitive
• International benchmarks: percentages (data only), description
• Percentiles
• Trends: average scores (data only), international benchmarks
• Gender: average scores (data only), high performers
• Student race/ethnicity and school poverty
• AP status

TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced 2015 Highlights Report Data

The values and standard errors for the figures shown in Highlights From TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced 2015: Mathematics and Science Achievement of U.S. Students in Grades 4 and 8 and in Advanced Courses at the End of High School in an International Context can be found in the following web tables.

Highlights Report Figure	Web table or figure
Mathematics for Grades 4 and 8
Figure 1a	Table 1
Figure 1b	Table 2
Figure 2a	Table 17
Figure 2b	Table 18
Figure 3a	Figure 1 (data only)
Figure 3b	Figure 2 (data only)
Figure 4	Table 15 and Table 16
Science for Grades 4 and 8
Figure 5a	Table 23
Figure 5b	Table 24
Figure 6a	Table 39
Figure 6b	Table 40
Figure 7a	Figure 7 (data only)
Figure 7b	Figure 8 (data only)
Figure 8	Table 37 and Table 38
Advanced Mathematics at the End of High School
Figure 9	Table 45
Figure 10	Table 46
Figure 11	Figure 13 (data only)
Figure 12	Figure 14 (data only)
Figure 17a	Table 51
Physics at the End of High School
Figure 13	Table 54
Figure 14	Table 55
Figure 15	Figure 16 (data only)
Figure 16	Figure 17 (data only)
Figure 17b	Table 60