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                        |     Average percent correct    |           Percentile scores                                     |                      Topic averages                   |           Process averages
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        Country         |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |Numbers   |          |          |analysis,  |          |           |            |
                        |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          | and      |Measure-  |          |statistics,|Algebra   |Conceptual |Procedural  |Problem
                        |   Total  |   Male   |   Female |     1    |     5    |    10    |    90    |    95    |    99    |operations|ment      |Geometry  | and       | and      |under-     |knowledge\2\|solving\3\
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IAEP average............|63.3  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- |61.2  --- |67.2  --- |63.9  --- |67.6   --- |61.8  --- | 63.2  --- |  66.7  --- |58.5  ---
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Populations             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |           |            |
 (comprehensive)        |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |           |            |
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Korea.................. |74.8 (0.6)|77.2 (0.7)|72.4 (0.8)|26.2 (0.9)|41.0 (3.7)|50.8 (4.7)|93.4 (0.0)|95.1 (0.0)|98.4 (0.0)|74.6 (0.6)|73.0 (0.8)|75.4 (0.7)|79.3 (0.6) |72.1 (0.7)| 75.0 (0.6)|  78.7 (0.6)|68.8 (0.6)
Hungary.................|68.2 (0.6)|68.2 (0.8)|68.2 (0.8)|20.4 (2.3)|33.3 (1.5)|40.7 (1.2)|90.2 (2.5)|93.4 (0.0)|98.4 (0.0)|67.5 (0.7)|71.6 (0.7)|68.6 (0.7)|63.4 (0.8) |72.4 (0.8)| 68.2 (0.6)|  70.8 (0.7)|64.4 (0.7)
Taiwan..................|68.1 (0.8)|68.4 (0.8)|67.8 (0.9)|19.2 (1.6)|32.1 (4.6)|41.0 (1.8)|91.8 (1.7)|95.1 (0.0)|98.4 (0.0)|67.1 (0.8)|69.3 (0.8)|69.2 (0.8)|72.8 (0.8) |64.2 (0.8)| 68.5 (0.8)|  76.1 (0.8)|55.7 (0.8)
(Former) Soviet Union\4\|65.9 (1.3)|66.4 (1.2)|65.4 (1.4)|20.0 (0.6)|30.8 (1.0)|37.7 (0.7)|90.2 (0.7)|93.4 (2.3)|98.4 (0.0)|65.7 (1.3)|71.3 (1.0)|64.4 (1.3)|60.1 (1.5) |67.8 (1.3)| 63.0 (1.3)|  72.0 (1.2)|61.7 (1.4)
Israel\5\ ..............|64.4 (0.7)|66.0 (0.8)|62.7 (0.9)|21.3 (0.4)|30.4 (2.8)|38.6 (3.1)|86.9 (2.1)|91.8 (0.0)|96.7 (0.0)|63.6 (0.8)|69.9 (0.7)|58.8 (0.9)|63.9 (1.0) |66.8 (0.7)| 62.6 (0.8)|  68.3 (0.8)|61.6 (0.8)
Spain\6\ ...............|61.9 (1.0)|61.9 (1.3)|61.8 (1.1)|18.8 (0.6)|26.8 (1.8)|32.8 (2.0)|86.9 (0.0)|90.2 (2.4)|96.7 (0.0)|61.3 (1.1)|60.8 (0.8)|60.1 (1.1)|69.3 (1.1) |58.3 (1.1)| 60.8 (1.0)|  66.1 (1.0)|57.3 (1.1)
Ireland.................|60.0 (0.8)|59.9 (0.9)|60.1 (1.1)|16.0 (3.3)|24.6 (0.4)|31.2 (1.5)|85.0 (3.9)|90.2 (0.0)|95.1 (0.0)|58.0 (0.9)|64.2 (0.8)|57.9 (0.9)|65.2 (0.8) |59.4 (1.0)| 59.3 (0.8)|  63.9 (0.8)|55.5 (0.9)
Canada\7\ ..............|59.9 (0.5)|59.9 (0.7)|60.0 (0.6)|19.6 (1.6)|28.3 (2.5)|35.7 (1.5)|83.6 (0.0)|88.5 (0.0)|93.4 (2.8)|55.0 (0.6)|65.4 (0.5)|64.7 (0.6)|72.3 (0.5) |56.4 (0.6)| 60.4 (0.5)|  61.1 (0.6)|57.4 (0.5)
United States...........|58.4 (1.0)|58.7 (1.1)|58.0 (1.2)|18.0 (1.1)|24.6 (0.0)|29.5 (2.1)|83.6 (0.0)|90.2 (2.3)|96.7 (1.6)|54.3 (1.1)|63.2 (1.0)|56.9 (1.0)|72.8 (1.1) |55.3 (1.0)| 59.7 (1.0)|  59.5 (1.1)|54.5 (1.0)
Slovenia................|55.8 (0.6)|55.8 (0.7)|55.9 (0.7)|18.9 (0.8)|27.7 (1.8)|34.0 (0.8)|79.3 (0.3)|84.5 (0.0)|93.1 (0.0)|52.7 (0.6)|62.4 (0.6)|63.1 (0.8)|54.2 (0.8) |57.8 (0.6)| 56.3 (0.6)|  57.6 (0.6)|52.3 (0.7)
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Populations             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |           |            |
 (with exclusions or    |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |           |            |
  low participation)    |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |           |            |
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Italy\8\ ...............|67.8 (0.9)|69.5 (1.0)|65.9 (1.1)|23.0 (2.0)|34.4 (1.6)|42.6 (0.3)|90.2 (1.7)|93.4 (4.9)|98.4 (0.0)|67.3 (0.9)|73.3 (0.9)|64.6 (1.1)|71.1 (0.9) |60.8 (1.3)| 67.8 (0.9)|  72.5 (0.9)|60.6 (1.1)
Scotland................|65.7 (0.9)|65.8 (1.1)|65.6 (1.1)|23.0 (0.1)|32.8 (0.0)|39.3 (2.8)|89.8 (4.6)|93.3 (2.7)|96.7 (4.6)|62.1 (1.0)|71.3 (0.9)|68.5 (0.8)|73.9 (0.8) |63.1 (1.2)| 66.3 (0.8)|  67.9 (1.0)|61.8 (0.8)
England.................|59.5 (1.9)|58.5 (1.5)|60.3 (2.9)|17.2 (2.1)|26.7 (1.6)|32.8 (0.5)|86.9 (2.5)|91.8 (3.3)|96.7 (0.0)|53.6 (2.1)|67.2 (1.6)|67.0 (1.5)|70.4 (1.7) |56.9 (2.1)| 60.7 (1.7)|  59.2 (2.0)|57.9 (1.9)
Portugal................|55.5 (0.9)|56.8 (1.1)|54.2 (1.1)|16.7 (1.9)|26.2 (0.5)|31.6 (0.8)|81.7 (2.6)|86.9 (0.0)|93.4 (1.6)|54.4 (1.1)|58.3 (0.7)|55.6 (1.2)|57.1 (1.0) |54.6 (1.0)| 55.7 (0.9)|  59.5 (1.1)|49.2 (1.0)
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Populations (Canadian)  |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |           |            |
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Quebec-French...........|64.5 (0.7)|65.1 (0.8)|64.0 (0.8)|23.0 (0.0)|32.8 (0.6)|40.7 (4.5)|85.3 (0.0)|88.5 (1.3)|95.1 (0.0)|59.1 (0.8)|68.1 (0.7)|72.8 (0.7)|76.8 (0.7) |63.6 (0.8)| 64.6 (0.6)|  66.2 (0.9)|62.0 (0.8)
Quebec-English..........|62.5 (0.8)|62.9 (0.9)|62.0 (1.0)|18.0 (0.0)|29.5 (0.4)|36.1 (1.7)|86.9 (0.9)|90.2 (0.0)|96.7 (0.0)|58.5 (0.9)|69.1 (0.7)|64.1 (0.9)|73.2 (0.7) |57.5 (0.8)| 63.5 (0.8)|  63.9 (0.8)|58.7 (0.8)
British Columbia........|61.9 (0.5)|61.8 (0.7)|62.0 (0.6)|18.2 (1.3)|29.5 (2.3)|36.1 (3.1)|85.3 (0.0)|90.2 (0.2)|96.7 (0.0)|58.7 (0.6)|67.4 (0.5)|62.4 (0.5)|72.3 (0.6) |56.5 (0.5)| 62.1 (0.4)|  63.7 (0.6)|59.1 (0.6)
New Brunswick-English...|59.8 (0.7)|60.3 (0.9)|59.3 (0.9)|17.5 (3.5)|26.7 (0.0)|33.9 (3.6)|83.6 (0.0)|88.5 (5.5)|95.1 (0.0)|56.1 (0.8)|66.0 (0.7)|63.1 (1.0)|69.3 (0.8) |54.6 (0.7)| 61.2 (0.7)|  61.1 (0.8)|55.7 (0.7)
Ontario-English.........|56.8 (0.7)|56.3 (0.9)|57.2 (0.9)|18.0 (0.0)|24.6 (2.4)|31.2 (1.5)|81.1 (4.6)|85.7 (3.1)|93.4 (0.0)|52.0 (0.8)|63.3 (0.7)|60.0 (0.9)|69.5 (0.7) |52.2 (0.7)| 57.6 (0.7)|  57.6 (0.8)|54.3 (0.7)
Ontario-French..........|54.5 (0.6)|54.7 (0.7)|54.3 (0.6)|18.0 (2.7)|26.3 (0.4)|31.2 (0.0)|77.1 (1.0)|82.0 (0.0)|90.2 (5.3)|48.2 (0.6)|60.0 (0.7)|61.7 (0.7)|67.6 (0.7) |55.1 (0.6)| 55.9 (0.6)|  54.4 (0.6)|52.4 (0.7)
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, International Assessment of Educational Progress, "Learning Mathematics," by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared February 1992.)