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Table S-16-1. Standard Errors for the Average scores of 15-year-old students on mathematics literacy scale, by country: 2003 and 2009
Country Mathematics literacy score   Change in score, 2003 to 2009
2003     2009  
OECD average 0.6     0.5   †
OECD countries            
Australia 2.1     2.5   3.9
Austria 3.3     2.7   4.7
Belgium 2.3     2.3   3.8
Canada 1.8     1.6   3.1
Chile †     3.1   †
             
Czech Republic 3.6     2.8   5.0
Denmark 2.7     2.6   4.3
Estonia †     2.6   †
Finland 1.9     2.2   3.5
France 2.5     3.1   4.4
             
Germany 3.3     2.9   4.8
Greece 3.9     3.9   5.9
Hungary 2.8     3.5   †
Iceland 1.4     1.4   2.8
Ireland 2.4     2.5   4.1
             
Israel †     3.3   †
Italy 3.1     1.9   4.1
Japan 4.0     3.3   5.6
Korea, Republic of 3.2     4.0   5.5
Luxembourg 1.0     1.2   2.5
             
Mexico 3.6     1.8   4.5
Netherlands 3.1     4.7   6.0
New Zealand 2.3     2.3   3.8
Norway 2.4     2.4   3.9
Poland 2.5     2.8   4.3
             
Portugal 3.4     2.9   4.9
Slovak Republic 3.3     3.1   5.0
Slovenia †     1.2   †
Spain 2.4     2.1   3.8
Sweden 2.6     2.9   4.3
             
Switzerland 3.4     3.3   5.1
Turkey 6.7     4.4   8.3
United Kingdom †     2.4   †
United States 2.9     3.6   5.0
             
Non-OECD countries            
Albania †     4.0   †
Argentina †     4.1   †
Azerbaijan †     2.8   †
Brazil 4.8     2.4   5.7
Bulgaria †     5.9   †
             
Chinese Taipei †     3.4   †
Colombia †     3.2   †
Croatia †     3.1   †
Dubai-UAE †     1.1   †
Hong Kong-China 4.5     2.7   5.7
             
Indonesia 3.9     3.7   5.8
Jordan †     3.7   †
Kazakhstan †     3.0   †
Kyrgyz Republic †     2.9   †
Latvia 3.7     3.1   5.2
             
Liechtenstein 4.1     4.1   †
Lithuania †     2.6   †
Macao-China 2.9     0.9   3.6
Montenegro, Republic of 3.8     2.0   †
Panama †     5.2   †
             
Peru †     4.0   †
Qatar †     0.7   †
Romania †     3.4   †
Russian Federation 4.2     3.3   5.7
Serbia, Republic of 3.8     2.9   5.2
             
Shanghai-China †     2.8   †
Singapore †     1.4   †
Thailand 3.0     3.2   4.8
Trinidad and Tobago †     1.3   †
Tunisia 2.5     3.0   4.4
Uruguay 3.3     2.6   4.6
† Not applicable.            
SOURCE: Fleischman, H. L., Hopstock, P. J., Pelczar, M. P., and Shelley, B. E. (2010). Highlights From PISA 2009: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy in an International Context (NCES 2011-004), supplemental table M2; data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2003, 2006, and 2009. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2010). Learning Trends: Changes in Student Performance Since 2000 (Volume V), Annex B1, Table V.3.1.