TIMSS 2023 Data Services
TIMSS Key Facts
Key Facts: TIMSS 2023
When: Late 2023 for Year 5 and Year 9 students in New Zealand.
Who: Year 5 students and their parents/caregivers, along with their mathematics and science teachers, and principals will take part in the study. Year 9 students will participate in the main study along with their mathematics and science teachers and their principals.
What: Assessment in mathematics and science, with background information also collected.
How: Conducted under the auspices of the IEA; managed internationally by Boston College; and managed within New Zealand by the Ministry of Education .
Where: Over 60 countries and benchmarking entities (regional jurisdictions of countries such as states or provinces) will participate in TIMSS 2023.
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is conducted on a four-year cycle. The first study was administered in participating countries in 1994 and 1995.
This cycle of TIMSS assessments provides detailed information about mathematics and science in the New Zealand Curriculum, the curriculum implementation, instructional practices, and school resources over a 24-year period. TIMSS 2023 will be conducted in the following timeline:
- Field trial of Year 5 and Year 9 contextual questionnaires and assessment materials in March/April 2022.
- Main data collection for Year 5 and Year 9 in late 2023.