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Table A-15-5. Trends in 10th and 90th percentile mathematics scores of U.S. 4th- and 8th grade students: Various years 1995-2007
| Percentile |
1995 |
|
1999 |
|
2003 |
|
2007 |
| 4th grade |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 10th |
408 |
* |
— |
|
417 |
* |
430 |
| 90th |
619 |
|
— |
|
614 |
* |
625 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8th grade |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 10th |
380 |
* |
387 |
* |
400 |
|
408 |
| 90th |
594 |
* |
611 |
|
608 |
|
607 |
| — Not available. |
| *p < .05. Percentile cutpoint score is significantly different from 2007 percentile cutpoint score. |
| 1 No 4th-grade assessment was conducted in 1999. |
| NOTE: In 2007, the United States met guidelines for sample participation rates only after substitute schools were included. The National Defined Population covered 90 percent to 95 percent of National Target Population. Cutpoints are calculated based on distribution of U.S. student scores. For more information on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), see supplemental note 5. |
| SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. |
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