Use and Impact of TIMSS

TIMSS 2015 marks Portugal’s third time participating in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. (Portugal participated previously in 1995 and 2011.) There is no explicit mention of the TIMSS results or the TIMSS framework in the fourth grade national curriculum development or other official policies aimed at basic education goals and orientations. However, the new upper secondary mathematics curriculum, to be enforced in the 2015–2016 school year, makes a clear mention of “TIMSS Advanced,” and reducing the gap between the national mathematics curriculum and the TIMSS Advanced framework.