Special Analysis 2009
Mathematics results for 4th- and 8th-graders
Table 5. Average TIMSS scores of eighth-grade students in mathematics, and cutpoint scores for bottom and top 10 percent of students in each jurisdiction, by jurisdiction: 2007
| Jurisdiction |
TIMSS |
|
Cutpoint score |
| Average score |
|
Bottom 10 percent |
|
Top 10 percent |
|
| All jurisdictions |
500 |
▼ |
339 |
▼ |
559 |
▼ |
| |
| Chinese Taipei |
598 |
∆ |
448 |
∆ |
721 |
∆ |
| Korea, Republic of |
597 |
∆ |
475 |
∆ |
711 |
∆ |
| Singapore |
593 |
∆ |
463 |
∆ |
706 |
∆ |
| Hong Kong SAR1,2 |
572 |
∆ |
438 |
|
681 |
∆ |
| Japan |
570 |
∆ |
460 |
∆ |
677 |
∆ |
| Hungary |
517 |
|
405 |
|
624 |
∆ |
| England1 |
513 |
|
400 |
|
618 |
|
| Russian Federation |
512 |
|
402 |
|
617 |
|
| United States1,3 |
508 |
|
408 |
|
607 |
|
| Lithuania4 |
506 |
|
402 |
|
609 |
|
| Czech Republic |
504 |
|
408 |
|
599 |
|
| Slovenia |
501 |
▼ |
409 |
|
594 |
▼ |
| Armenia |
499 |
▼ |
390 |
▼ |
601 |
|
| Australia |
496 |
▼ |
394 |
|
600 |
|
| Sweden |
491 |
▼ |
399 |
|
582 |
▼ |
| Malta |
488 |
▼ |
359 |
▼ |
597 |
▼ |
| Scotland1 |
487 |
▼ |
381 |
▼ |
590 |
▼ |
| Serbia3,4 |
486 |
▼ |
368 |
▼ |
597 |
|
| Italy |
480 |
▼ |
381 |
▼ |
574 |
▼ |
| Malaysia |
474 |
▼ |
372 |
▼ |
578 |
▼ |
| Norway |
469 |
▼ |
382 |
▼ |
552 |
▼ |
| Cyprus |
465 |
▼ |
347 |
▼ |
575 |
▼ |
| Bulgaria |
464 |
▼ |
324 |
▼ |
586 |
▼ |
| Israel5 |
463 |
▼ |
328 |
▼ |
584 |
▼ |
| Ukraine |
462 |
▼ |
346 |
▼ |
572 |
▼ |
| Romania |
461 |
▼ |
328 |
▼ |
587 |
▼ |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
456 |
▼ |
352 |
▼ |
552 |
▼ |
| Lebanon |
449 |
▼ |
354 |
▼ |
549 |
▼ |
| Thailand |
441 |
▼ |
327 |
▼ |
562 |
▼ |
| Turkey |
432 |
▼ |
297 |
▼ |
581 |
▼ |
| Jordan |
427 |
▼ |
290 |
▼ |
556 |
▼ |
| Tunisia |
420 |
▼ |
336 |
▼ |
508 |
▼ |
| Georgia4 |
410 |
▼ |
280 |
▼ |
532 |
▼ |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of |
403 |
▼ |
295 |
▼ |
516 |
▼ |
| Bahrain |
398 |
▼ |
289 |
▼ |
505 |
▼ |
| Indonesia |
397 |
▼ |
286 |
▼ |
509 |
▼ |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
395 |
▼ |
290 |
▼ |
502 |
▼ |
| Egypt |
391 |
▼ |
258 |
▼ |
521 |
▼ |
| Algeria |
387 |
▼ |
311 |
▼ |
465 |
▼ |
| Colombia |
380 |
▼ |
281 |
▼ |
477 |
▼ |
| Oman |
372 |
▼ |
245 |
▼ |
492 |
▼ |
| Palestinian National Authority |
367 |
▼ |
233 |
▼ |
498 |
▼ |
| Botswana |
364 |
▼ |
264 |
▼ |
460 |
▼ |
| Kuwait6 |
354 |
▼ |
252 |
▼ |
455 |
▼ |
| El Salvador |
340 |
▼ |
248 |
▼ |
433 |
▼ |
| Saudi Arabia |
329 |
▼ |
231 |
▼ |
429 |
▼ |
| Ghana |
309 |
▼ |
192 |
▼ |
428 |
▼ |
| Qatar |
307 |
▼ |
186 |
▼ |
427 |
▼ |
| ∆ Score is higher than U.S. score. |
| ▼Score is lower than U.S. score. |
| 1Met guidelines for sample participation rates only after substitute schools were included. |
| 2Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. |
| 3National Defined Population covered 90 percent to 95 percent of National Target Population. |
| 4National Target Population did not include all of the International Target Population defined by the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). |
| 5National Defined Population covered less than 90 percent of National Target Population (but at least 77 percent). |
| 6Kuwait tested the same cohort of students as other countries, but later in 2007, at the beginning of the next school year. |
| NOTE: Jurisdictions are ordered on the basis of average scores, from highest to lowest. Mathematics scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. A cutpoint score is the threshold score for an established level of performance. The cutpoint scores for students in the top 10 percent is the 90th percentile score within the jurisdiction. The cutpoint score for students in the bottom 10 percent is the 10th percentile score within the jurisdiction. The tests for significance take into account the standard error for the reported difference. Thus, a small difference between the United States and one country may be significant while a large difference between the United States and another country may not be significant. |
| SOURCE: Gonzales, P., Williams, T., Jocelyn, L., Roey, S., Kastberg, D., and Brenwald, S. (2008). Highlights From TIMSS 2007: Mathematics and Science Achievement of U.S. Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Students in an International Context (NCES 2009-001), tables 3 and 9. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC. |
