TIMSS 2019 Report - (First Insights into Mathematics and Science Achievements of Saudi Arabia Students in Grades 4 and 8 in an International Context

In the majority of the participating countries in the TIMSS 2019 8th-grade mathematics assessment, at least half of the students possessed mathematics skills required at this level. [...] In Saudi Arabia, 3% of the 4th graders who were classified in the group with Many Resources scored on average 466 points in mathematics and 477 points in science, 88% of the students who were classified in a group with Some Resources obtained on average 403 points in mathematics and 409 points in science, and the remaining 9% of them who possessed only a Few Resources scored on average 383 points. [...] In Saudi Arabia, only 14% of students in mathematics and 16% of students in science learnt in classes where teacher used computers on a daily basis to support the process of learning in 4th grade. [...] 20 20 Average mathematics achievement of 4th grade students Figure 1.1 shows the average achievement in mathematics for students in the 4th grade (or, in some countries, an equivalent grade with most students at age of 10). [...] Downloaded from .) 21 TIMSS 2019 Report First Insights into Mathematics and Science Achievements of Saudi Arabia Students in Grades 4 and 8 in an International Context Of the 58 participants of the grade 4 TIMSS mathematics assessments in 2019, 37 countries had higher average achievements than the TIMSS Scale centerpoint.