Results
Singapore’s education system has garnered much international interest in the light of its consistently high student achievement in internationally benchmarked tests. Most recently, in December 2012, results of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) held in 2011 and jointly conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and the TIMSS and PIRLS Centre helmed at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College showed that Singapore has emerged pretty much at the top of the league tables again. Singapore emerged top in Mathematics achievement at the fourth grade, second at the eighth grade while concurrently emerging top in Science at both the fourth and eighth grades. For performance in PIRLS, Singapore emerged top five for fourth graders.