Supplement 1 - TIMSS and PIRLS Home - Boston College

OVERVIEW
version of the questionnaires, such questions contain instructions to the National Research
Coordinators (NRCs) to substitute the appropriate wording for their country and/or modify or delete
any inappropriate questions or options. These instructions were indicated in the questionnaires by
text inserted within carets (). The NRCs were to substitute, if necessary, an
appropriate national adaptation that would retain the same basic interpretation as the text within
carets. These national adaptations of the background questionnaires are documented in
Supplement 2.
TIMSS 2011 USER GUIDE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DATABASE
2 SUPPLEMENT 1