Archived Commissioner’s Remarks - Before 2010
December 14, 2004
The Release of the 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) – Today the National Center for Education Statistics is releasing results on the performance of U.S. students from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). TIMSS, conducted every four years, is an assessment of fourth- and eighth-graders in mathematics and science. TIMSS first collected data in 1995, and then again from eighth-graders in 1999. With the 2003 data collection, TIMSS offers the first international trend comparisons in mathematics and science at grades four and eight...
December 6, 2004
The Release of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) – Today the National Center for Education Statistics is releasing results on the performance of students in the United States on an international study, the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). PISA, conducted every three years, is an assessment of 15-year-olds in reading literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy. While each area is studied every three years in each PISA data collection...
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