TY - Report AU - Sue Thomson PY - 2012 T1 - Highlights from TIMSS and PIRLS 2011 from Australia’s perspective PB - Australian Council for Educational Research DO - https://doi.org/APO-32304 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/32304 AB - 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. ER -