Reports and data

National TIMSS reports 2015

• TIMSS 2015: A first look at Australia's results
• TIMSS 2015: Reporting Australia's results

National TIMSS data 2015

• TIMSS 2015 Australian Year 4 data 
• TIMSS 2015 Australian Year 8 data

In 2011, the five yearly testing cycle for PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) came in to alignment with the four-year cycle for TIMSS, allowing countries who were participating in both of these international studies to gain comprehensive information about the achievement of their fourth grade students in three core curriculum areas- reading, mathematics and science. Introduced in 2001, PIRLS is conducted every five years to measure progress in the reading achievement of students in Year 4, as well as trends in the associated home and school contexts for learning to read. Australia participated in PIRLS for the first time in 2011.

The 2011 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) measured the reading achievement of 300 000 students in their fourth year of schooling across the participating countries. Just over 6000 students from Australia took part. The 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) measured the mathematics and science achievement of 600 000 students in their fourth and eighth year of schooling across the participating countries. Just over 6000 Year 4 students and over 7500 Year 8 students from Australia took part.

• Highlights from TIMSS & PIRLS 2011 from Australia’s perspective
• Monitoring Australian Year 4 student achievement internationally: TIMSS and PIRLS 2011
• Monitoring Australian Year 8 student achievement internationally: TIMSS 2011

Australian TIMSS & PIRLS 2011 SPSS data files:

• PIRLS 2011 Year 4 - ZIP
• TIMSS 2011 Year 4 - ZIP
• TIMSS 2011 Year 8 - ZIP

• Examining the evidence: Science achievement in Australian schools in TIMSS 2002 (TIMSS Australia Monograph no. 7) - PDF
• Summing it up: Mathematics achievement in Australian schools in TIMSS 2002 (TIMSS Australia Monograph no. 6) - PDF
• Achievement of Australia's Early Secondary Indigenous Students: Findings from TIMSS 2003 (TIMSS Australia Monograph no. 10) - PDF
• Australian Students Achievement in the TIMSS 2002 Mathematics Cognitive Domains (TIMSS Australia Monograph no. 9) - PDF
• Download executive summary (PDF 118 kb) Updated September 2009 - PDF

• Teaching Science in Australia: Results from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study (TIMSS Australia Monograph no. 8) - PDF
• Highlights from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study of Year 8 Science Teaching (PDF 396 KB) - PDF
• Teaching Mathematics in Australia: Results from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study (TIMSS Australia Monograph no. 5) - PDF

• Mathematics and Science Achievement of Junior Secondary School Students in Australia: (TIMSS Australia Monograph no. 4) - PDF

• Maths & Science on the Line: Australian Year 12 Students' Performance in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. (TIMSS Australia Monograph no. 3)
• Maths & Science on the Line: Australian Middle Primary Students' Performance in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. (TIMSS Australia Monograph no. 2)
• Maths & Science on the Line: Australian Junior Secondary Students' Performance in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. ( TIMSS Australia Monograph no. 1)