List of Tables by Chapter

Chapter 6. International Comparisons of Education

• Population, Enrollment, and Teachers
• Achievement, Instruction, and Student Activities
• Postsecondary Degrees
• Finances
• Foreign Students in the United States

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Population, Enrollment, and Teachers

Table 397.	Population, school enrollment, and teachers, by major areas of the world: Selected years, 1980 through 2007
Table 398.	Selected population and enrollment statistics for countries with populations over 10 million, by continent: Selected years, 1990 through 2007
Table 399.	School-age populations as a percentage of total population, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2006
Table 400.	Percentage of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary education, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2006
Table 401.	Pupils per teacher in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2007

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Achievement, Instruction, and Student Activities

Table 402.	Average mathematics literacy, reading literacy, and science literacy scores of 15-year-old students, by sex and country: 2006
Table 403.	Mean scores and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students scoring at each mathematics literacy proficiency level, by country: 2006
Table 404.	Mean scores and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students scoring at each scientific literacy proficiency level, by country: 2006
Table 405.	Average fourth-grade mathematics scores, by content and cognitive domain, index of time spent doing mathematics homework, and country: 2007
Table 406.	Average eighth-grade mathematics scores overall and in content and cognitive domains, by country: 2007
Table 407.	Percentage distribution of mathematics lesson time spent by eighth-grade students on various activities in a typical week, by country: 2007
Table 408.	Mathematics class sizes and average scores of eighth-grade students, yearly mathematics instructional time, and mathematics instructional time as a percentage of total instructional time, by country: 2007
Table 409.	Average mathematics scores and percentage distribution of eighth-graders, by index of self-confidence in learning mathematics, index of time spent doing mathematics homework, and country: 2007
Table 410.	Average fourth-grade science scores overall and in content and cognitive domains, yearly science instructional time, and science instructional time as a percentage of total instructional time, by country: 2007
Table 411.	Average eighth-grade science scores overall and in content and cognitive domains, by country: 2007
Table 412.	Percentage distribution of science lesson time spent by eighth-grade students on various activities in a typical week, by country: 2007

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Postsecondary Degrees

Table 413.	Number of bachelor's degree recipients per 100 persons of the typical age of graduation, by sex and country: 2002 through 2006
Table 414.	Percentage of bachelor's degrees awarded in mathematics and science, by field and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2006
Table 415.	Percentage of graduate degrees awarded in mathematics and science, by field and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2006

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Finances

Table 416.	Public and private education expenditures per student, by level of education and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2006
Table 417.	Total public direct expenditures on education as a percentage of the gross domestic product, by level of education and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2006

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Foreign Students in the United States

Table 418.

Foreign students enrolled in institutions of higher education in the United States, by continent, region, and selected countries of origin: Selected years, 1980-81 through 2007-08