TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced in 2015
With the current widespread emphasis on college and career readiness and increasing global competitiveness, TIMSS 2015 was assessed together with TIMSS Advanced 2015. First conducted in 1995 and again in 2008, TIMSS Advanced is the only international assessment that provides essential information about students’ achievement in advanced mathematics and physics. It targets students engaged in advanced mathematics and physics studies that prepare them to enter STEM programs in higher education. This is the first time since 1995 that TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced were assessed together, and both provide 20 years of trend data.
Information about the structural characteristics and curricula for students enrolled in programs or tracks focused on advanced mathematics and physics in their final year of secondary school can be found in the upcoming TIMSS Advanced 2015 International Results in Advanced Mathematics and Physics.1 The nine participating countries include France, Italy, Lebanon, Norway, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sweden, and the United States.