A Remedial Action Based on Taiwanese Students’ Results of Timss

Shrinking achievement gaps is very important in educational and social progress. The TIMSS provides information on the achievement gaps among different countries in mathematics and science. For Taiwan, Based on the result of TIMSS 2003, there was an excellent average performance in Taiwan. However, the proportion of low achievers was high and the overall students’ learning interest and self-efficacy were quite low. In order to narrow the achievement gaps in Taiwan, the policy of After School Alternative Program [ASAP], ] was proposed by Ministry of Education [MoE] and National Science Council [NSC], which aimed at ensuring both academic excellence and equity by providing new opportunities and challenges for Taiwan to advance the goal of closing narrow the achievement gap. The purpose of this study was to offer precisely analyse ASAP 4th and 8th graders’ math achievement results during 2009-2010. By comparing ASAP students’ math achievements and affect profiles of 3 time points, the results showed that the effects of ASAP not only improve academic performance but also reduce negative goal orientation about mathematics learning. However, there were still 12% of Taiwanese 8th grade participants identified as low-achievers in TIMSS-2011, the result showed we still need to make more efforts and to figured out a more considerate policy in facilitating the proportion of low-achievers.