Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 1999

International, 1999
TIMSS and PIRLS

TIMSS International Study Center

Identification

IDNO

int-iea-timss-1999-v1.1

Title

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 1999

Country

Name	Country code
International	int

Study type

Education Survey [es]

Series Information

TIMSS International Study Center. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 1999 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Chestnut Hill, MA: TIMSS International Study Center [producer], 2000. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/5jfa-r958

Abstract

TIMSS 1999, also known as TIMSS-Repeat, was the second administration of IEA’s Third International Mathematics and Science Study. The assessment was designed to provide trends in eighth grade mathematics and science achievement in an international context. TIMSS 1999 was conducted by the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College and included 38 countries. The 1999 assessment measured the mathematics and science achievement of eighth-grade students (ages 13 and 14 years) and collected extensive information from students, teachers, and school principals about mathematics and science curricula, instruction, home contexts, and school characteristics and policies. Of the 38 participating countries, 26 also participated in the 1995 TIMSS assessment, which enabled these countries to measure trends in their children's mathematics and science achievement and in schools and home contexts for learning.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data

Unit of Analysis

Individuals and institutions

Version

Version Description

v1.1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution

Version Date

2000

Version Notes

In the original version of the TIMSS 1999, the data was made available in country, population (i.e. grade) and survey subtype specific chunks. The original version of this dataset was only available in raw data form from the IEA website.

Version 1.1 is a repackaging of that original data, with the raw datafiles converted and collated for each survey subtype and population, and variables and values labelled.

Scope

Notes

The TIMSS 1999 International Database contains the following for each country for which internationally comparable data are available.

• Students’ responses to cognitive mathematics and science items
• Students’ responses to the background questionnaire
• Teachers’ responses to the background questionnaire
• Principals’ responses to the background questionnaire
• Test-curriculum matching analysis data
• Data almanacs

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
basic skills education [6.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
educational policy [6.3]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey had international coverage

Geographic Unit

Country

Universe

The international desired population for TIMSS 1999 was as follows:
All students of involved countries who were enrolled in the upper of the two adjacent grades that contain the largest proportion of 13-year-olds at the time of testing. The TIMSS 1999 target grade was the upper grade of the TIMSS 1995 population 2 and was expected to be the eighth grade in most countries.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
TIMSS International Study Center	Boston College

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Abbreviation	Role
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education	NCES	Funder
National Science Foundation, U.S.	NSF	Funder
World Bank		Funder

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The basic sample design used by TIMSS is generally referred to as a two-stage stratified cluster sample design. The first stage consisted of a sample of schools, which may be stratified; the second stage consisted of samples of classrooms from each eligible target grade in sampled schools. In some countries, a third stage consisted of sampling students within classrooms. Exclusions could occur at the school level, student level, or both.

Deviations from the Sample Design

Participants could exclude schools from the sampling frame if they were in geographically remote regions, were extremely small, offered curriculum or structure different from the mainstream, or provided instruction only to students in the “within-school” exclusion categories. The general TIMSS rules for defining within-school exclusions can be found in the technical documents

Response Rate

Weighted and unweighted response rates were computed for each participating country by grade, at the school level, and at the student level. Overall response rates (combined school and student response rates) also were computed.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start
1999

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collection Notes

Each participating country was responsible for carrying out all aspects of the data collection, using standardized procedures developed for the study. Training manuals were created for School Coordinators and Test Administrators that explained procedures for receipt and distribution of materials as well as for the activities related to the testing sessions.

Each country was responsible for conducting quality control procedures and describing this effort in the NRC’s report documenting procedures used in the study.

Questionnaires

Data for the study was gathered through assessments of curricular documentation, and with questionnaires, including student, teacher (mathematics and science teachers), and school background questionnaires. Data Almanac files from the survey contain weighted summary statistics for each participating country on each variable in each of the questionnaires.

Access policy

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center	Boston College, Lynch School of Education	timss@bc.edu	http://timss.bc.edu/timss1999.html

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Manager, DataFirst	University of Cape Town	info@data1st.org	http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za

Access conditions

Public use files, available to all

Citation requirements

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

ddi-int-datafirst-timss-1999-v1.1

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	Metadata Producer

Date of Metadata Production

2020-05-24

DDI Document version

Version 2

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 1999

International, 1999 TIMSS and PIRLS

Identification

Version

Scope

Coverage

Producers and sponsors

Sampling

Data Collection

Questionnaires

Access policy

Metadata production

International, 1999
TIMSS and PIRLS