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Average Sc 100 Grade 4 Mathematics, Trends in Achievement (Canadian Provinces) 0 Ontario Alberta Quebec 600 Average Scale Score 500 400 300 200 100 0 ■ The average scale score for Ontario’s Grade 4 students has increased significantly, from 489 to 518, between 1995 and 2011 (a total of 29 points), but there has been no significant change between 2003 and 2011. ■ Alberta’s results have remained statistically unchanged and Quebec’s results have dropped significantly since 1995. Grade 4 Mathematics, Trends in Achievement (Percentages of Students Reaching or Exceeding the TIMSS Intermediate Benchmark) Percentage of Students (%) Percentage of Students (%) 300 200 100 80 60 40 20 0 100 80 ■ The percentage of Ontario 70% 71% 73% 74% 74% Grade 4 students achieving or exceeding 69% the TIMSS 70% Intermediate benchmark 69% has increased significantly, 1995 from 59% 59% to 73%, 60 between 1995 and 2011, but there has been no significant change between 2003 and 2011. 2003 ■ In Quebec, the percentage of students reaching or exceeding the Intermediate benchmark has decreased significantly between 1995 40 n/a 2007 and 2011. 20 2011 About TIMSS 0 489 Ontario Alberta Quebec ■ TIMSS is coordinated by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). ■ A total of 4570 Grade 4 students participated in Ontario. About EQAO: The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) acts as a catalyst for increasing the success of Ontario students by measuring their achievement in reading, writing and mathematics against a common curriculum benchmark. As an independent provincial agency, EQAO plays a pivotal role by conducting province-wide tests at key points in every student’s primary, junior and secondary education and reporting the results. The objective and reliable facts obtained add to the current knowledge about student learning and are an important tool for improvement at the individual, school and provincial levels. TIMSS_48e_highlights_1212 59% 511 512 518 523 n/a n/a 505 507 Ontario Alberta Quebec 70% 71% 73% 74% n/a 550 87% 506 519 533 Ontario Alberta Quebec 83% 2007 2011 1995 2003 2007 2011 87% 83% 69% 70% 69% 74% 1995 2003 2007 2011 December 2012
■ Fifty-six jurisdictions participated in the TIMSS Grade 8 mathematics study. ■ In Grade 8, 10 jurisdictions have an average score significantly higher than Ontario’s, 11 jurisdictions have the same average as Ontario’s and 34 jurisdictions have a significantly lower average. ■ Ontario students performed as well as those in Alberta but not as well as those in Quebec. ■ At the international level, among those participating in both years, there has been little change in the list of jurisdictions outperforming Ontario on the TIMSS mathematical assessments in 2007 and 2011. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2011 Highlights of Ontario Results: Grade 8 Mathematics TIMSS measures the mathematics and science achievement of students in Grades 4 and 8. Participation TIMSS has been administered to Grade 8 students in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011. Ontario students participated in each assessment. Grade 8 Mathematics Achievement, Results by Jurisdiction 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 Statistically higher than Ontario Statistically the same as Ontario Statistically lower than Ontario The width of each bar represents the uncertainty due to sampling. There is a 95% probability that the average scale score for each jurisdiction would be within the corresponding bar 19 times out of 20. The jurisdictions are listed according to the ranking of their scores. ■ TIMSS defines four achievement benchmarks: Advanced, High, Intermediate and Low. Scale scores between 475 and 549 points fall in the Intermediate benchmark. Scores at or above 625 are Advanced. Average scale scores and confidence intervals Korea 613 Singapore Chinese Taipei Hong Kong, S.A.R. 586 Japan 570 611 609 Massachusetts, U.S.A. Minnesota, U.S.A. 545 561 Russian Federation 539 North Carolina, U.S.A. Quebec, Canada 537 532 Indiana, U.S.A. 522 Colorado, U.S.A. 518 Connecticut, U.S.A. 518 Israel 516 Finland Florida, U.S.A. 514 513 Ontario, Canada United States England 512 509 507 Alberta, Canada Hungary Australia 505 505 505 Slovenia 505 Lithuania 502 TIMSS Scale Centrepoint Italy 500 498 California, U.S.A. 493 New Zealand 488 Kazakhstan 487 Sweden 484 Ukraine 479 Dubai, U.A.E. 478 Norway 475 Armenia 467 Alabama, U.S.A. 466 Romania 458 United Arab Emirates 456 Turkey 452 Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. 449 Lebanon 449 Malaysia 440 Georgia 431 Thailand Macedonia, Rep. of 427 426 Tunisia 425 Chile 416 Iran, Islamic Rep. of 415 Qatar 410 Bahrain 409 Jordan 406 Palestinian National Authority 404 Saudi Arabia 394 Indonesia Syrian Arab Republic 386 380 95% Confidence Interval Morocco 371 Oman 366 Ghana 331 ■ The average scale score in mathematics among Ontario’s Grade 8 students was at the Intermediate benchmark. ■ No participating jurisdiction had an average scale score at the Advanced benchmark.
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