Special Analysis 2009
Science Results for 4th- and 8th-graders
Table S-8. Standard errors for the average TIMSS scores of eighth-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 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
| |
| Singapore |
4.4 |
7.9 |
3.0 |
| Chinese Taipei |
3.7 |
6.4 |
3.3 |
| Japan |
1.9 |
4.3 |
3.1 |
| Korea, Republic of |
2.0 |
4.2 |
2.1 |
| England |
4.5 |
6.9 |
4.9 |
| Hungary |
2.9 |
5.2 |
3.5 |
| Czech Republic |
1.9 |
2.3 |
3.4 |
| Slovenia |
2.2 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
| Hong Kong SAR |
4.9 |
11.2 |
4.4 |
| Russian Federation |
3.9 |
6.6 |
5.1 |
| United States |
2.9 |
3.5 |
2.6 |
| Lithuania |
2.6 |
6.8 |
3.9 |
| Australia |
3.6 |
6.0 |
6.2 |
| Sweden |
2.6 |
4.1 |
2.6 |
| Scotland |
3.4 |
5.4 |
5.1 |
| Italy |
2.8 |
5.3 |
3.4 |
| Armenia |
5.8 |
7.0 |
13.7 |
| Norway |
2.2 |
5.6 |
1.7 |
| Ukraine |
3.5 |
7.3 |
3.3 |
| Jordan |
4.0 |
5.3 |
5.0 |
| Malaysia |
6.0 |
9.9 |
7.6 |
| Thailand |
4.3 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
| Serbia |
3.2 |
6.6 |
2.5 |
| Bulgaria |
5.9 |
16.9 |
6.8 |
| Israel |
4.3 |
6.0 |
4.3 |
| Bahrain |
1.7 |
3.8 |
2.4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2.8 |
5.5 |
3.8 |
| Romania |
3.9 |
6.3 |
4.5 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of |
3.6 |
4.0 |
5.2 |
| Malta |
1.4 |
2.9 |
2.3 |
| Turkey |
3.7 |
4.3 |
4.0 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
2.9 |
5.1 |
3.0 |
| Cyprus |
2.0 |
3.7 |
3.1 |
| Tunisia |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
| Indonesia |
3.4 |
4.8 |
3.9 |
| Oman |
3.0 |
5.3 |
3.3 |
| Georgia |
4.8 |
7.3 |
4.4 |
| Kuwait |
2.8 |
4.8 |
3.2 |
| Colombia |
3.5 |
4.7 |
3.9 |
| Lebanon |
5.9 |
7.2 |
5.7 |
| Egypt |
3.6 |
5.6 |
4.3 |
| Algeria |
1.7 |
2.6 |
1.5 |
| Palestinian National Authority |
3.5 |
8.1 |
4.4 |
| Saudi Arabia |
2.4 |
5.6 |
3.4 |
| El Salvador |
2.9 |
4.9 |
3.4 |
| Botswana |
3.1 |
4.9 |
3.0 |
| Qatar |
1.7 |
4.5 |
2.3 |
| Ghana |
5.4 |
8.0 |
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. |
