\input zb-basic \input zb-matheduc \iteman{ZMATH 2001b.01395} \itemau{Shorrocks-Taylor, Diane; Jenkins, Edgar W.; Curry, Janice; Swinnerton, Bronwen} \itemti{International comparisons of pupil performance and national mathematics and science testing in England.} \itemso{Shorrocks-Taylor, Diane et al., Learning from others. Kluwer, Dordrecht (ISBN 0-7923-6343-4). 233-258 (2000).} \itemab Investigation of the TIMSS results in mathematics in relation to the National Curriculum. The following focus questions are answered: 1. Were the content areas and skill areas are represented in the TIMSS tests and the National Curriculum tests similar?, 2. Did the performance of the pupils differ in the two kinds of tests in relation to the various content and skill areas in mathematics? \itemrv{~} \itemcc{D60} \itemut{} \itemli{} \end