Trends in International
Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 2023) Field Test Sampling and
Recruitment
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
03/26/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
10/31/2021
3,199
91,765
1,040
43,181
0
0
The Trends in International
Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), conducted by the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department
of Education (ED), is an international assessment of fourth and
eighth grade students’ achievement in mathematics and science.
Since its inception in 1995, TIMSS has continued to assess students
every 4 years (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019), with
the next TIMSS assessment, TIMSS 2023, being the eighth iteration
of the study. In TIMSS 2023, approximately 65 countries or
education systems will participate. The United States will
participate in TIMSS 2023 to continue to monitor the progress of
its students compared to that of other nations and to provide data
on factors that may influence student achievement. TIMSS is led by
the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational
Achievement (IEA), an international collective of research
organizations and government agencies that create the frameworks
used to develop the assessment, the survey instruments, and the
study timeline. IEA decides and agrees upon a common set of
standards, procedures, and timelines for collecting and reporting
data, all of which must be followed by all participating countries.
As a result, TIMSS is able to provide a reliable and comparable
measure of student skills in participating countries. In the U.S.,
NCES conducts this study in collaboration with the IEA and a number
of contractors to ensure proper implementation of the study and
adoption of practices in adherence to the IEA’s standards.
Participation in TIMSS is consistent with NCES’s mandate of
acquiring and disseminating data on educational activities and
student achievement in the United States compared with foreign
nations [The Educational Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA 2002, 20
U.S.C. §9543)]. TIMSS 2023 will be a computer-based assessment
(referred to as “eTIMSS”), administered using the eTIMSS player via
Chromebook tablets with attached keyboards. TIMSS 2023 builds on
the work of TIMSS 2019, which primarily used an electronic
assessment format but included a bridge study to examine the effect
of administering the assessment on tablet versus paper and
establish the link to maintain trends. TIMSS 2023 will be the
second eTIMSS assessment in the United States. Because TIMSS is a
collaborative effort among many parties, the United States must
adhere to the international schedule set forth by the IEA,
including the availability of final field test and main study plans
as well as draft and final questionnaires. In order to meet the
international data collection schedule, to align with recruitment
for other NCES studies (e.g., the National Assessment of Education
Progress, NAEP), and for schools to put the TIMSS 2023 field test
assessment on their Spring 2022 calendars, recruitment activities
for the field test will begin in June of 2021. This package
requests approval to conduct sampling and recruitment activities
associated with the TIMSS 2023 field test, which will be conducted
in March and April 2022. A separate 60-day package will be
submitted in August 2021 to request approval for the field test
data collection materials and the main study sampling and
recruiting plan.
US Code:
20
USC 9573 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act
Data collection activities for
TIMSS 2019 have concluded. The burden estimate presented in this
revision is for activities associated with the TIMSS 2023 field
test, and specifically for the sampling and recruitment activities.
The study differs from prior administrations in that the data
collection will be entirely electronic and no pilot study will be
conducted.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Part B TIMSS2023 Field Test Sampling and Recruitment.docx
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 2023) Field Test Sampling and Recruitment