Top 10 Countries By Subject and Year
In TIMSS 1995 study, there were 25 participating counties for the fourth grade and 41 counties for the eight grade. In 1999, TIMSS-R only focused on the eight grade in 38 countries. There was no study done for the fourth grade in that year. In TIMSS 2003, there were 25 participating countries in the study for the fourth grade and 46 countries for the eight grade. TIMSS 2007 had 36 participating counties for the fourth grade and 49 counties for the eight grade. TIMSS 2011 had 52 participating countries for the fourth grade and 45 countries for the eight grade.
Due to the fact that TIMSS studies are done in 4-year cycle, it opens the opportunity for participating counties to use the results between the fourth and the eight grades to track the changes in achievement and certain background factors from an earlier study. For example, results of the fourth grade in TIMSS 1995 are used to compare with the results of the eight grade in TIMSS-R 1999 as fourth graders had become eight graders in the next cycle of study.
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