TIMSS 2023 Organization

Study director(s)

TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College - Matthias von Davier, Executive Director, and Ina V.S. Mullis, Executive Director (through 2023)

  • Overall direction
  • Responsible for 
    • Design
    • Development
    • Implementation
    • Operations
    • Analysis
    • Reporting
Institutions and their responsibilities

RTI International (North Carolina, USA)

  • Monitoring and documenting sampling activities in cooperation with the IEA Sampling Unit

 

TIMSS 2023 National Research Coordinators (NRCs)

Implementation of all aspects of the study in accordance with TIMSS guidelines and procedures, including:

  • Communicating with study partners
  • Contributing to item development
  • Conducting classroom sampling, data collection, and all scoring and data entry tasks

 

Expert Committees

  • TIMSS 2023 Science and Mathematics Item Review Committee (SMIRC)
    • 15 members, nominated by participating entities
      • 7 experts in mathematics and mathematics education
      • 8 experts in science and science education
    • Review of assessment framework (content and cognitive domains, topic areas, and objectives)
    • Development and review of achievement items
    • Scale anchoring of TIMSS international benchmarks

       

  • TIMSS 2023 Questionnaire Item Review Committee (QIRC)
    • 9 members, all experienced experts
    • Participates in development of the contextual framework and background questionnaires
Contact

IEA

Keizersgracht 311

1016 EE Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Tel.: +31 20 625 3625

Fax: +31 20 420 7136

E-mail: secretariat@iea.nl

URL: http://www.iea.nl

 

TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center

Boston College

140 Commonwealth Ave.

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

USA

Tel: +1-617-552-1600

Fax: +1-617-552-1203

E-mail: timssandpirls@bc.edu

URL: http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/index.html

Funding
  • The study was predominantly funded through fees paid by the participating countries.
  • The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education was a major funding partner.
  • Further financial support was provided by Boston College.
Editor(s) and author(s) of study-related gateway pages
  • Ann Kennedy, Senior Research Director, TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College
  • Abdullah Al Maruf, Student Assistant, IEA Hamburg