魅影直播

WHAT?

魅影直播, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, is designed to help countries all over the world improve student learning in mathematics and science. It collects educational achievement data at the fourth and eighth grades to provide information about trends in performance over time together with extensive background information to address concerns about the quantity, quality, and content of instruction.

WHY?

魅影直播 provides important information for policy development, to foster public accountability, to allow areas of progress or decline in achievement to be identified and monitored, and to address concerns for equity.

WHO?

Nearly 50 countries from all over the world participated in 魅影直播 2003. A project of the IEA, based in Amsterdam, 魅影直播 is directed by the 魅影直播; PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College in collaboration with a worldwide network of organizations and representatives from the participating countries.

WHEN?

魅影直播 2003 data collection results were released December 14, 2004. The first round of 魅影直播, which is conducted on a four-year cycle, was in 1995 and the second in 1999. The fourth round of 魅影直播 was conducted in 2007.