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TIMSS Schedule of Events
2004
- Begin framework review and
updatingSeptember
2005
- First National Research Coordinator
Meeting to review frameworkFebruary 6-11
- First Science and Math Item
Review Committee Meeting to review frameworkApril 4-6
- Second National Research Coordinator
Meeting to finalize framework, review questionnaires, and
develop items for field testMay
29-June 3
- Second Science and Math Item Review Committee Meeting to review field-test items August 29-31
- First Questionnaire Item Review Committee Meeting to review questionnaires for field test September 21-23
- TIMSS 2007 Framework printed
and posted on web September 30
- Third National Research
Coordinator Meeting to review all field-test materials
November 13-19
- Field test materials finalizedDecember
16
- IEA DPC conducts data entry
training seminar for field test December
2006
- Translation verification for
field test beginsJanuary 1
- March–April Conduct
Field Test
- Fourth National Research Coordinator
Meeting to conduct training for scoring constructed-response
items for the field testMarch
- All field-test data to the IEA
DPCMay 31
- Third Science and Math Item
Review Committee Meeting to review field-test results
and select items for the main data collectionJuly
- Second Questionnaire Item
Review Committee Meeting to review field-test results
and refine questionnaires for the main data collectionJuly
- Fifth National Research
Coordinator Meeting to review and finalize assessment materials
for the main data collectionAugust
- Instruments finalizedAugust
- Translation verification for
main data collection beginsAugust
- Translation verification completed
for Southern-Hemisphere countriesSeptember
- October–December Data Collection - Southern Hemisphere
- IEA DPC conducts data entry training
seminar for data collectionOctober
- Southern Hemisphere
training for constructed-response scoringNovember
2007
- Translation verification completed
for Northern-Hemisphere countries January 31
- Southern Hemisphere countries
send all data to DPCFebruary 28
- March–June Data
collection - Northern Hemisphere
- Sixth National Research Coordinator
Meeting to train Northern-Hemisphere countries in constructed-response
scoringMarch
- Northern Hemisphere countries
send all data to DPCSeptember 30
- Seventh National Research Coordinator
Meeting to review draft International Report outline and
graphics and table shells November
2008
- Sampling adjudicationFebruary
- Fourth Science and Math Item Review
Committee Meeting to conduct scale anchoring of achievement
dataMay
- Eighth National Research Coordinator
Meeting to review draft International Report – text, graphics,
and tablesJune
- TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center conducts international
press release for the International Reports and posts
TIMSS 2007 International Reports and Technical Report on webDecember
2009
- Ninth National Research Coordinator
Meeting to conduct training in use of TIMSS 2007 International
DatabaseFebruary
- TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center distributes final TIMSS
International Database and User GuideFebruary
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