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Table S-15-4. Standard errors for the average mathematics and content domain scale scores of 8th-grade students, by sex and country: 2007

Country (ordered by total score)			Content domain
	Total mathematics		Number		Algebra		Geometry		Data and chance
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
International average	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5
Chinese Taipei	5.3	4.6	4.9	4.6	6.3	5.8	5.3	4.9	4.1	4.5
Korea, Republic of	3.1	3.3	2.8	3.4	3.9	4.1	3.3	2.7	2.5	2.5
Singapore	4.6	4.1	4.3	3.9	4.5	3.9	4.2	3.7	4.3	4.5
Hong Kong SAR	8.0	5.0	7.7	5.1	7.5	5.1	7.5	4.6	6.7	4.2
Japan	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.3	4.0	3.2	2.9	3.1	2.5

Hungary	3.7	4.1	3.7	4.4	4.2	4.0	4.0	4.1	3.9	3.6
England	6.1	5.0	6.2	5.2	6.0	4.8	5.7	4.5	6.2	5.2
Russian Federation	4.7	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.9	5.2	4.7	4.4	4.2	4.4
United States	3.1	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	2.9	2.8	2.7	3.0	3.1
Lithuania	2.3	3.0	3.5	3.0	2.9	3.6	3.8	3.0	2.6	2.6

Czech Republic	2.8	2.5	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.6	3.4	2.7	3.0	3.6
Slovenia	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.5	3.1	3.4	2.5
Armenia	3.5	4.4	3.5	4.1	2.8	3.4	4.6	5.1	4.1	5.4
Australia	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.3	5.2	5.6	5.3	4.8	4.8	4.8
Sweden	2.5	2.6	1.9	2.3	2.7	2.8	2.9	3.5	3.6	3.7

Malta	1.7	1.5	2.0	2.1	2.6	1.5	2.9	2.1	1.9	2.3
Scotland	4.4	3.8	4.6	3.7	4.4	3.9	4.8	3.6	4.3	3.7
Serbia	4.0	3.6	3.8	3.4	3.9	3.8	4.4	4.3	3.6	3.9
Italy	3.5	3.3	3.0	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.4
Malaysia	5.3	5.6	5.7	5.6	4.6	4.7	6.6	6.4	4.6	4.5

Norway	2.6	2.1	2.5	2.5	3.4	3.0	3.2	2.5	3.4	3.1
Cyprus	2.4	2.2	2.4	2.2	2.9	2.5	2.9	4.0	2.5	2.4
Bulgaria	6.3	4.6	6.0	4.4	6.3	5.0	6.1	5.0	6.4	4.6
Israel	4.9	4.6	4.3	4.0	5.3	4.3	5.9	4.5	6.0	4.8
Ukraine	3.9	3.9	3.8	4.1	4.3	4.4	3.9	4.1	4.3	3.7

Romania	4.6	4.2	4.1	4.0	5.3	4.7	4.9	4.4	4.5	4.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.8	3.1	3.5	3.0	3.6	3.5	3.4	4.6	2.6	3.1
Lebanon	4.7	4.1	4.1	3.8	3.7	3.9	4.8	4.5	5.3	4.8
Thailand	5.5	5.3	5.1	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.6	6.0	4.4	4.3
Turkey	5.0	5.3	4.5	4.3	5.6	5.8	5.4	5.5	4.9	4.7

Jordan	5.6	6.4	5.7	6.3	5.6	6.5	5.1	6.1	5.4	5.3
Tunisia	2.7	2.8	2.7	3.0	3.1	2.8	3.2	3.0	3.0	3.0
Georgia	6.7	5.9	6.4	5.4	7.1	6.6	7.3	6.8	5.0	4.7
Iran, Islamic Republic of	6.1	5.3	5.8	5.2	5.8	5.2	6.6	6.1	5.2	4.7
Bahrain	2.6	2.2	3.2	2.4	3.4	2.9	3.1	2.7	2.5	3.1

Indonesia	4.4	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.6	3.8	5.1	4.9	3.8	4.4
Syrian Arab Republic	5.1	4.3	4.6	4.3	5.3	4.2	5.4	3.5	4.5	2.9
Egypt	4.6	5.0	4.5	4.3	4.6	5.1	4.8	5.0	4.2	3.9
Algeria	2.2	2.4	2.3	2.2	3.8	2.8	2.5	2.5	1.9	2.0
Colombia	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.6	4.5	4.2	4.0	4.7

Oman	5.0	3.6	4.1	3.1	4.8	3.8	4.8	3.7	4.3	4.1
Palestinian National Authority	5.4	4.2	4.8	4.2	5.5	4.0	5.2	4.7	4.4	3.6
Botswana	3.2	2.4	4.0	3.4	2.7	2.7	4.1	4.3	4.0	3.3
Kuwait	4.0	2.7	3.9	4.3	5.5	3.8	4.4	3.6	3.8	4.7
El Salvador	3.6	3.8	4.0	4.0	5.1	4.4	4.4	4.9	4.0	4.3

Saudi Arabia	4.0	3.6	4.3	4.6	3.8	3.8	4.0	4.2	3.1	3.3
Ghana	4.4	5.0	4.1	4.6	3.5	4.5	5.4	5.5	3.7	6.2
Qatar	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.8	2.4	3.7	2.8	2.5	2.3
SOURCE: Gonzales, P., Williams, T., Jocelyn, L., Roey, S., Kastberg, D., and Brenwald, S. (2009). Highlights From TIMSS 2007: Mathematics and Science Achievement of U.S. Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Students in an International Context (NCES 2009-001 Revised), table E-11, and Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., and Foy, P. (2008). TIMSS 2007: International Mathematics Report, exhibit 3.3, data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2007.

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