TIMSS 2023 Organization

Initiator

International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) - Dirk Hastedt, Executive Director

IEA Amsterdam (the Netherlands)

  • Initiator
  • Stakeholder relations
  • Overall support in coordinating TIMSS
  • Management of country participation
  • Verification of translations produced by participating countries
  • Coordination of quality control process

IEA Hamburg (Germany)

  • Monitoring and documenting of sampling activities together with RTI International
  • Processing and verification of data submitted by participants
  • Monitoring of TIMSS database to ensure accuracy and consistency within and across countries
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Study director(s)

TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College - Matthias von Davier, Executive Director, and Ina V.S. Mullis, Executive Director (through 2023)

  • Overall direction
  • Responsible for
    • Design
    • Development
    • Implementation
    • Operations
    • Analysis
    • Reporting
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Institutions and their responsibilities

RTI International (North Carolina, USA)

  • Monitoring and documenting sampling activities

 

TIMSS 2023 National Research Coordinators (NRCs)

Implementation of all aspects of the study in accordance with TIMSS guidelines and procedures, including:

  • Communicating with study partners
  • Contributing to item development
  • Conducting classroom sampling, data collection, and all scoring and data entry tasks

 

Expert Committees

  • TIMSS 2023 Science and Mathematics Item Review Committee (SMIRC)
    • 15 members, nominated by participating entities
      • 7 experts in mathematics and mathematics education
      • 8 experts in science and science education
    • Review of assessment framework (content and cognitive domains, topic areas, and objectives)
    • Development and review of achievement items

    • Scale anchoring of TIMSS international benchmarks

       

  • TIMSS 2023 Questionnaire Item Review Committee (QIRC)
    • 9 members, all experienced experts
    • Participates in development of the contextual framework and background questionnaires
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Contact

IEA

Keizersgracht 311

1016 EE Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Tel.: +31 20 625 3625

Fax: +31 20 420 7136

E-mail: secretariat@iea.nl

URL: http://www.iea.nl

 

TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center

Boston College

140 Commonwealth Ave.

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

USA

Tel: +1-617-552-1600

Fax: +1-617-552-1203

E-mail: timssandpirls@bc.edu

URL: http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/index.html

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Funding
  • The study was predominantly funded through fees paid by the participating countries.
  • The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education was a major funding partner.
  • Further financial support was provided by Boston College.
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Sources
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Editor(s) and author(s) of study-related gateway pages
  • Ann Kennedy, Senior Research Director, TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College
  • Sabine Tieck, Sampling Section Lead, IEA Hamburg
  • Abdullah Al Maruf, Student Assistant, IEA Hamburg
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