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The TIMSS assessments began in 1995 and have been administered every four years with the next administration scheduled for 2015. In 2011, over 60 countries and other educational systems participated. TIMSS also administers a TIMSS Assessments that measures trends in advanced mathematics and physics among students during their last year of secondary school. The advance assessment was conducted in 1995 and 2008 and will be administered again in 2015.
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National Center for Education Statistics. (2013). Trends in international mathematics and science study (TIMSS). Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/Timss/
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McComas, W.F. (2014). Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). In: McComas, W.F. (eds) The Language of Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-497-0_97
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