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Performance at International Benchmarks

TIMSS Advanced 2015 International Benchmarks of Advanced Mathematics Achievement

As a way of interpreting the scaled achievement results, three points on the advanced mathematics achievement scale were identified as international benchmarks—Advanced (625), High (550), and Intermediate (475). The TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center worked with the TIMSS 2015 Science and Mathematics Item Review Committee (SMIRC) to conduct a detailed scale anchoring analysis to describe mathematics achievement at the benchmarks and to select example items to illustrate the mathematics content and types of cognitive processing skills and strategies demonstrated by students at each of the international benchmarks. For the items designated for use in reporting the results, every effort was made to include examples that not only illustrated the particular benchmark under consideration, but also represented different item formats and content area domains.

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INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKS
Advanced International Benchmark (625)
High International Benchmark (550)
Intermediate International Benchmark (475)
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EXAMPLE ITEMS
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