%T Highlights from TIMSS and PIRLS 2011 from Australia’s perspective %A Sue Thomson %I Australian Council for Educational Research %D 2012 %K School curriculum %U https://apo.org.au/node/32304 %X The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) are international studies directed by the IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement), an independent international cooperative of national research institutions and government agencies that has been conducting studies of crossnational achievement in a wide range of subjects since 1959. %9 Report