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The 2019 National Report for England, written by researchers from the 果冻影院 Institute of Education, was funded by the Department for Education. Testing of听9,595 pupils听in years 5 and 9 across听368 schools听in England was carried听between February and June 2019 by听leading learning company,听Pearson.

The report, which includes comparative data from 64 countries, places pupils in England behind those in the highest-performing group of countries, but significantly above the TIMSS average scores for mathematics and science. As in previous years, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Hong Kong, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and Russia all performed strongly across both subjects and year groups.

Co-author Dr Mary Richardson (果冻影院 Institute of Education) said: 鈥淥ur analysis of the data means we鈥檝e been able to look not only at how pupils perform in mathematics and science, but to what extent gender, socioeconomic status, school and home environment impact on their educational performance.

鈥淭his year we see England has performed, on average, significantlyabove most other countries. Compared to the 2015 results, most notably, England鈥檚 performance in maths has significantly improved at year 5 and decreased significantly in science at year 9.

鈥淟ongitudinal data like this can help us understand these trends and we will now seek to interpret why these trends have occurred. For example, the study reveals that, unlike in 2015, year 5 boys鈥� average mathematics score was not significantly above year 5 girls鈥� scores.鈥�

The report also highlighted significant gender differences in maths and science. In both year groups and subjects, boys were significantly more confident, and liked learning more than girls. Boys also valued both subjects more in year 9 (which was the only year group asked about how much they valued the subjects). Significantly more girls than boys were not confident, and/or did not like, mathematics and science.

For example, looking at year 5 pupils鈥� confidence in mathematics, significantly more boys said they were very confident compared to girls (39% compared to 24%).

Co-author, Dr Tina Isaacs (果冻影院 Institute of Education) added: 鈥淭he TIMSS data enables us to draw comparison between the attitudes of boys and girls in each subject in their respective year groups and to compare England鈥檚 gender differences with those of other countries.

鈥淒espite social concerns about the differences between boys鈥� and girls鈥� performance, the results show that they've performed largely at the same level in both subjects and both year groups. However, girls still are less confident, and don't much like, mathematics and science.

鈥淭here is already a plethora of research underway into why girls lack confidence in and enjoyment of mathematics and science, and the data may hold useful findings for researchers studying these and other behavioural issues.鈥�

The National Research Coordinator for TIMSS 2019,听Dr.听Grace Grima, (Director of Research听at Pearson), said:听鈥淧earson听was听delighted to听be听chosen by听the听Department for听Education听to deliver this important,听international assessment in mathematics and science.听

鈥淭his trends study provides policy makers with rich, internationally comparable data and information on student attainment and attitudes听that will inform policies and support the teaching and learning of mathematics and science.听听

鈥淗补惫颈苍驳听pioneered the transition to听eTIMSS听in听2019 in England,听we听were pleased to听successfully听deliver听these听assessments听using an innovative听tablet-based听platform听in both primary and secondary schools.鈥澨�

The TIMSS study, run by the Evaluation of International Achievement (IEA) takes place every four years and England has participated in every cycle since its inception in 1995.

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