170769
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Percentage (%)
Australian students attaining Advanced benchmark in science
Year 4 Science Year 8 Science
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Percentage (%)
Australian students attaining Advanced benchmark in mathematics
Year 4 Mathematics Year 8 Mathematics
02 46 108 1214 16
1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Percentage (%)
Australian students not reaching Low benchmark in mathematics
Year 4 Mathematics Year 8 Mathematics
480 490 500 510 520 530 540 550 560 570 580
2006 2009 2012 2015
Mean score
PISA scienctific literacy results 2006–2015
Australia Canada France Germany Japan NZ UK US China*
Singapore OECD average
In a small group, examine the above graphs.
In your context (primary or secondary), use the data for TIMSS mathematics and science (Figures 1 to 4) to draw conclusions about the:
• performance of students attaining the Advanced benchmark
• performance of students not reaching the Low benchmark.
Compare this data with Figure 5. What overall conclusions can you draw about Australia’s performance in international testing?
Activity 1: Data for discussion
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Percentage (%)
Australian students not reaching Low benchmark in science
Year 4 Science Year 8 Science
Data for Figures 1–4 sourced from https://www.acer.org/timss/data-and-reports
Figure 5 data sourced from https://www.acer.org/ozpisa/publications-and-data
