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TIMSS 2019 was the seventh cycle for the TIMSS trend lines monitoring changes in educational achievement since 1995. Moreover, TIMSS 2019 marked the beginning of the transition from paperTIMSS (the paper-and-pencil test format used in previous assessment cycles) to eTIMSS (a digital version of TIMSS designed for computer- and tablet-based administration). eTIMSS offers an engaging, interactive, and visually attractive assessment to better assess complex areas of the mathematics and science frameworks and increase operational efficiency in translation, assessment delivery, data entry, and scoring.
Because not all TIMSS countries were prepared to conduct digital assessments, IEA decided to implement the transition over two assessment cycles—TIMSS 2019 and TIMSS 2023. About half of the countries participating in TIMSS 2019, including the United States, elected to administer eTIMSS, while the rest of the countries administered paperTIMSS.
The TIMSS 2019 assessment was carefully designed and analyzed so that the TIMSS 2019 mathematics and science achievement results for all participating education systems are reported on the same TIMSS trend scales (mathematics and science scales at grades 4 and 8). To ensure that the eTIMSS and paperTIMSS results could be reported on the same achievement scale, eTIMSS 2019 countries that had participated in TIMSS 2015 also re-administered the trend items in paper booklets to a separate nationally representative sample of students during data collection to provide a “bridge” between paperTIMSS and eTIMSS (see IEA’s Scaling the Achievement Data for TIMSS 2019 chapter for additional details).
As a part of the transition to a digital assessment, eTIMSS 2019 included a series of extended Problem Solving and Inquiry (PSI) tasks in mathematics and science at both the 4th and 8th grades. The eTIMSS PSIs were designed to simulate real-world or laboratory situations in which students could integrate and apply process skills and content knowledge to solve mathematics problems or conduct virtual scientific experiments and investigations. The PSI tasks were not included in the results reported in December 8, 2020, international or U.S- specific releases and reports. The IEA plans to provide information from the administration of the PSI tasks at a later date in 2021.
The digital mode of administration allowed eTIMSS to collect additional information about how students work through the items, such as screen-by-screen timing data and additional process variables that can be analyzed to study students’ interactions with the achievement items.
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international assessment that measures 15-year-old students' reading, mathematics, and science literacy every 3 years. First conducted in 2000, the major domain of study rotates between reading, mathematics, and science in each cycle. PISA also includes measures of general or cross-curricular competencies, such as collaborative problem solving. By design, PISA emphasizes functional skills that students have acquired as they near the end of compulsory schooling. PISA is coordinated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organization of industrialized countries, and is conducted in the United States by NCES.
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