Special Analysis 2009
Science Results for 4th- and 8th-graders
Table S-7. Standard errors for the average TIMSS scores of fourth-grade students in science 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 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
| |
| Singapore |
4.1 |
7.0 |
5.0 |
| Chinese Taipei |
2.0 |
3.0 |
2.2 |
| Hong Kong SAR |
3.5 |
4.5 |
4.1 |
| Japan |
2.1 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
| Russian Federation |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
| Latvia |
2.3 |
4.5 |
3.3 |
| England |
2.9 |
3.7 |
4.8 |
| United States |
2.7 |
4.3 |
2.8 |
| Hungary |
3.3 |
6.1 |
6.3 |
| Italy |
3.2 |
6.3 |
3.8 |
| Kazakhstan |
5.6 |
9.2 |
3.8 |
| Germany |
2.4 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
| Australia |
3.3 |
3.7 |
1.4 |
| Slovak Republic |
4.8 |
8.3 |
4.0 |
| Austria |
2.5 |
4.8 |
4.1 |
| Sweden |
2.9 |
4.0 |
2.4 |
| Netherlands |
2.6 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
| Slovenia |
1.9 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
| Denmark |
2.9 |
9.9 |
1.6 |
| Czech Republic |
3.1 |
3.5 |
5.1 |
| Lithuania |
2.4 |
3.3 |
2.2 |
| New Zealand |
2.6 |
4.7 |
3.1 |
| Scotland |
2.3 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
| Armenia |
5.7 |
8.6 |
15.2 |
| Norway |
3.5 |
7.7 |
3.4 |
| Ukraine |
3.1 |
5.1 |
4.2 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of |
4.3 |
5.5 |
3.4 |
| Georgia |
4.6 |
7.3 |
5.2 |
| Colombia |
5.4 |
7.9 |
4.9 |
| El Salvador |
3.4 |
6.2 |
3.4 |
| Algeria |
6.0 |
10.0 |
6.8 |
| Kuwait |
4.4 |
8.0 |
5.9 |
| Tunisia |
5.9 |
14.0 |
4.6 |
| Morocco |
5.9 |
7.5 |
9.4 |
| Qatar |
2.6 |
3.8 |
2.0 |
| Yemen |
7.2 |
8.3 |
8.6 |
| 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 11 and 17. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC. |
