International Study of Achievement in Mathematics (Belgium, England, Finland, France, Netherlands, Israel, Japan, Scotland, Sweden, United States, Germany, Australia)

International comparative study on the influence of types of school on
the attitudes of the schoolchildren to mathematics and their
achievements in this subject.

Topics: The data set contains three parts: 1. Schoolchildren data:
mathematics tests: solving algebraic and trigonometric tasks; attitude
to school and learning; attitude to mathematics; learning difficulties
in mathematics; attitude to mathematics instruction and description of
the mathematics instruction; significance of mathematics in society;
attitude to surroundings; occupational goal; class size; tutor help;
learning progress.

2. Teacher survey: manner of qualification for mathematics
instruction; place of education; judgement on the significance of
mathematics for the education of schoolchildren.

3. School principals: type and size of school; number of mathematics
teachers; average class size; equipment of the school.

Demography: age; sex; school education; social origins; city size.