How is this Tool unique?

• Targeted searching – Find TIMSS items related to a specific topic, skill, student understanding, or misconception.
• International – Explore items from Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and TIMSS Advanced which conduct assessments at grades 4, 8 and 12, providing comparative data since 1995.
• Item access – Download items and scoring guides from past TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced assessments to use in your classroom.
• More than items – Access national and international student performance data and commentary describing implications for student learning alongside each item.
• U.S. context – See how expectations in U.S. learning standards in mathematics and science from elementary to high school compare with what is assessed in TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced.

What will this tool help me do?

• Learn about common misconceptions and errors so you can more easily recognize and address them.
• Pre- or post-test students to diagnose where they need support and to assess if they have gained understanding or if misconceptions and errors persist.
• Frame your instruction to draw out and address students’ misunderstandings or naïve beliefs as conceptual understanding is developed.
• Compare the performance of your class to national and international performance.
• Learn about the expected progression of conceptual understanding for a given topic so that you can see what students may have learned at an earlier grade level, or what will be expected of them at a later grade.