The TIMSS “Final Year” Study and Report: A Critique

T'he Third International Mathematics and Science Study ^JIMSS) has produced curriculum analyses, case studies, and videotapes of instruction in several countries and more reports are to come. TIMSS has also generated test scores for many countries at Grades 4 (Population 1 in TIMSS terminology) and 8_(Population 2) and "thejinalygar of secondary school" (Population 3) as well as links between the eightlvgrade scores and 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics and science scores (Martin et al., 1997; Mullis et a l , 1997; Beaton, Martin, et al., 1996; Beaton, Mullis, et al., 1996; Johnson & Siegendorf, 1998).