Cnesco - PISA-TIMSS Comparison

If PISA is publicly debated when released every three years, international survey TIMSS is less known of the general public; France had not been a part of it for 20 years.
People often have a reductive view of international surveys released under the form of rating lists, when these are actually very informational regarding students and the way they learn. These rating lists should be carefully taken into account, including their margin of error. For example, in PISA, OECD countries or not can have a very limited comparability because only 15-year-olds attending school are taken into account. However, depending on the country, 15-year-olds attending school can have various academic levels. It is then better, beyond this list and the national scoring of the country, to look at the details and try to understand their different dimensions.
Cnesco does not present last results that have been released by these surveys; it prefers describing their organization and analyzing the content of the tests students have to take. More...