TIMSS 2019 – Results

Hong Kong Results of TIMSS 2019

Primary 4

Mathematics Achievement

  • TIMSS scale score: 602
  • International ranking: 2nd (no significant difference in achievement among the second to fourth places)
  • A significant improvement over the performance in 1995 and 2003 but a significant decrease in performance when compared to the performance in 2015. No significant difference from the performance in 2007 and 2011
  • Percentage of students reaching the “Advanced” International Benchmark: 38%
    A significant increase of 16% and 21% over the performance in 2003 and 1995, respectively
    A significant decrease of 7% over the performance in 2015
  • Percentage of students reaching the lowest benchmark: 100% (after rounding)
  • Gender difference in achievement: No significant difference

Science Achievement

  • TIMSS scale score: 531
  • International ranking: 15th (no significant difference in achievement among the ninth to twentieth places)
  • A significant improvement over the performance in 1995 but a significant decrease in performance compared to the performance in 2003, 2007 and 2015. No significant difference from the performance in 2011
  • Percentage of students reaching the “Advanced” International Benchmark: 8%
    A significant increase of 3% over the performance in 1995
    A significant decrease of 8% and 6% over the performance in 2015 and 2007, respectively
  • Percentage of students reaching the lowest benchmark: 96%
  • Gender difference in achievement: No significant difference

Secondary 2

Mathematics Achievement

  • TIMSS scale score: 578
  • International ranking: 5th (significantly lower than the first four places)
  • A significant decrease in performance when compared to the performance in 2015. No significant difference from the performance in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011
  • Percentage of students reaching the “Advanced” International Benchmark: 32%
    A significant increase of 9% over the performance in 1995
  • Percentage of students reaching the lowest benchmark: 96%
  • Gender difference in achievement: No significant difference

Science Achievement

  • TIMSS scale score: 504
  • International ranking: 17th (no significant difference in achievement among the fourteenth to twentieth places)
  • A significant decrease in performance when compared to the performance in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015
  • Percentage of students reaching the “Advanced” International Benchmark: 9%
    A significant decrease of 4% over the performance in 2003
  • Percentage of students reaching the lowest benchmark: 85%
  • Gender difference in achievement: No significant difference