2011 TIMSS and PIRLS Assessments

Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Release of the 2011 TIMSS and PIRLS Assessments

“These 2011 international assessments provide both encouraging news about our students’ progress and some sobering cautionary notes.

“The encouraging news is that U.S. fourth grade students have made significant progress in reading and mathematics in the last five years, and our fourth graders now rank among the world’s leaders in reading literacy.