中２数学、過去最高を更新　小４理科は７点ダウン―５位以内維持・１９年国際調査

　国際教育到達度評価学会（ＩＥＡ）は８日、世界の小学４年と中学２年を対象とした２０１９年の国際数学・理科教育動向調査（ＴＩＭＳＳ）の結果を公表した。日本は中２数学の平均得点が２回連続で過去最高を更新。小４理科は過去最高だった前回から７点下がったものの、小４算数と中２理科は変わらず、小中ともに５位以内を維持した。
　文部科学省は「国際的に引き続き高い水準を維持している」としており、小４理科の得点低下については今後詳細なデータを分析する方針。
　調査は４年に１度行われ、今回は５８カ国・地域の小学生、３９カ国・地域の中学生が参加。日本では１４７校約４２００人の小４、１４２校約４４００人の中２が対象となった。（2020/12/08-18:32）

The average score of second-year students at Japanese junior high schools in mathematics marked a record high for two consecutive years in 2019, an international survey showed Tuesday.
   The average scores of elementary school fourth-graders in math and the second-year students in science leveled off, while the fourth-graders' average science score fell 7 points, according to the survey.
   All these averages are within the top five in the world.
   The scores "stay at internationally high levels," the education ministry said. It will analyze detailed data to find out the reason for the drop in science scores among the fourth-graders.
   The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study survey was conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement.