Use and Impact of TIMSS
In the last two decades, a number of briefs, reports, and studies produced primarily by UNESCO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) have spurred reflection on how to adapt schools to new social and cultural realities.
The Québec Education Program, which reflects these analyses and choices, was developed as a collective educational project involving more than 500 people, including teachers, school administrators, consultants, and other professionals working in education and in universities.
Québec has been participating in TIMSS since 1995. TIMSS results are used in particular to establish program orientations in order to better prepare young people for the 21st century, and to help them remain competitive on the world stage.