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                        |    Average percent correct      |                      Percentile scores                          |           Topic averages                   |              Process averages
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                        |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |Exhibit basic|Combine factual|Able to draw
        Country         |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |Earth and |          |knowledge of |knowledge with |conclusions
                        |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |Life      |Physical   |space     |Nature of |science facts|rules and      |on the basis of
                        |  Total   |   Male   |   Female  |    1     |    5     |   10     |   90     |   95     |   99     |sciences  |sciences   |sciences  |science   |and concepts |formulas       |available data
                        |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |   (Knows)   |   (Uses)      | (Integrates)
________________________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|_____________|_______________|_______________
           1            |     2    |     3    |      4    |     5    |     6    |     7    |     8    |     9    |     10   |     11   |     12    |     13   |     14   |      15     |      16       |     17
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IAEP average............|62.1  --- | ---  --- |  ---  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- |63.3  --- |58.6   --- |64.1  --- |63.9  --- | 63.9    --- | 62.7 ---      |56.9 ---
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Populations             |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |             |               |
 (comprehensive)        |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |             |               |
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Korea...................|67.9 (0.5)|70.4 (0.7)| 65.1 (0.5)|32.8 (4.9)|44.8 (0.4)|50.0 (0.0)|84.5 (0.0)|87.9 (0.0)|93.1 (3.4)|69.1 (0.5)|68.2 (0.5) |62.4 (0.6)|70.7 (0.6)| 67.3 (0.5)  | 70.1 (0.5)    |64.5 (0.5)
Taiwan..................|66.7 (0.5)|68.5 (0.6)| 64.6 (0.7)|27.6 (1.3)|39.7 (0.0)|44.8 (7.2)|86.2 (0.0)|89.7 (0.0)|94.8 (0.0)|65.3 (0.6)|68.1 (0.5) |66.6 (0.7)|67.4 (0.6)| 65.3 (0.6)  | 69.5 (0.6)    |63.6 (0.6)
United States...........|64.7 (0.9)|65.5 (1.1)| 63.8 (0.8)|25.9 (0.3)|36.2 (1.7)|43.1 (5.1)|84.5 (0.0)|87.9 (0.0)|93.1 (0.0)|65.2 (0.9)|57.5 (0.8) |70.6 (1.1)|70.7 (1.0)| 67.0 (1.0)  | 65.5 (0.9)    |57.9 (0.8)
Canada\1\...............|62.8 (0.4)|63.6 (0.4)| 62.0 (0.5)|27.6 (0.5)|37.9 (1.1)|43.1 (0.0)|81.0 (0.0)|84.5 (0.0)|91.4 (0.0)|63.3 (0.4)|57.7 (0.4) |66.8 (0.4)|67.3 (0.5)| 63.4 (0.4)  | 65.3 (0.4)    |56.4 (0.4)
Hungary.................|62.5 (0.5)|63.4 (0.6)| 61.6 (0.6)|26.9 (1.7)|38.5 (0.7)|44.8 (0.0)|79.3 (0.0)|84.2 (2.9)|89.7 (0.0)|64.7 (0.6)|56.3 (0.6) |68.2 (0.5)|62.0 (0.6)| 66.1 (0.5)  | 61.1 (0.5)    |57.4 (0.7)
Spain\2\................|61.7 (0.7)|63.4 (0.9)| 59.7 (0.7)|27.6 (3.1)|36.2 (0.0)|41.8 (1.6)|81.0 (0.0)|84.5 (0.0)|89.7 (0.0)|65.7 (0.7)|54.1 (0.7) |62.7 (0.7)|65.1 (1.0)| 66.7 (0.7)  | 60.3 (0.7)    |53.8 (0.8)
(Former) Soviet Union\3\|61.5 (1.2)|62.7 (1.4)| 60.4 (1.2)|29.3 (4.2)|39.7 (1.5)|43.1 (1.4)|79.3 (4.8)|86.2 (2.4)|93.1 (2.4)|63.8 (1.4)|58.1 (0.9) |63.1 (1.4)|60.2 (1.4)| 63.9 (1.4)  | 62.3 (1.1)    |54.7 (1.4)
Israel\4\...............|61.2 (0.7)|63.0 (0.9)| 59.4 (0.7)|27.6 (0.3)|36.2 (1.4)|41.4 (0.0)|81.0 (0.0)|86.2 (0.0)|93.1 (0.0)|61.4 (0.8)|59.8 (0.6) |60.6 (0.7)|64.1 (0.9)| 61.0 (0.8)  | 63.0 (0.6)    |57.7 (0.8)
Slovenia................|57.7 (0.5)|58.3 (0.6)| 57.0 (0.6)|27.8 (0.8)|35.1 (0.2)|40.4 (0.4)|75.4 (0.0)|79.0 (0.0)|86.0 (1.5)|59.4 (0.5)|56.6 (0.5) |58.3 (0.7)|54.1 (0.6)| 60.3 (0.5)  | 57.0 (0.5)    |52.9 (0.7)
Ireland.................|56.5 (0.7)|58.2 (1.0)| 54.8 (0.9)|22.9 (1.4)|29.3 (1.6)|36.2 (1.3)|75.9 (0.0)|81.0 (1.8)|89.7 (5.2)|54.7 (0.8)|53.8 (0.7) |62.9 (0.8)|59.5 (0.8)| 57.2 (0.8)  | 57.4 (0.7)    |53.0 (0.8)
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Populations             |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |             |               |
 (with exclusions or    |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |             |               |
  low participation)    |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |             |               |
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Italy\5\................|66.9 (0.9)|67.9 (1.0)| 65.8 (1.0)|31.0 (1.7)|41.4 (3.3)|48.3 (0.3)|86.2 (1.7)|89.7 (1.7)|94.8 (0.0)|71.3 (0.9)|61.0 (0.9) |66.8 (0.9)|66.9 (1.1)| 71.6 (0.9)  | 66.1 (0.9)    |58.2 (1.1)
England.................|62.9 (0.9)|63.8 (1.3)| 62.0 (1.2)|24.1 (4.1)|36.2 (0.9)|41.4 (0.0)|82.8 (0.0)|86.2 (2.8)|93.1 (0.0)|62.4 (0.9)|60.1 (0.9) |66.3 (1.1)|66.0 (1.1)| 64.5  (1.0) | 63.6 (0.9)    |58.2 (1.0)
Scotland................|62.2 (0.7)|61.9 (0.7)| 62.5 (1.0)|27.6 (0.0)|36.8 (3.0)|43.1 (0.0)|81.0 (3.5)|84.5 (0.0)|89.7 (0.0)|61.3 (0.7)|59.1 (0.8) |65.1 (0.7)|67.7 (1.0)| 62.5 (0.6)  | 62.7 (0.7)    |60.4 (0.8)
Portugal................|54.8 (0.7)|56.3 (0.9)| 53.3 (0.9)|26.3 (3.8)|33.3 (3.2)|37.9 (0.0)|72.4 (0.0)|79.0 (5.6)|86.2 (3.9)|58.1 (0.8)|50.0 (0.6) |57.3 (0.9)|52.4 (1.1)| 58.4 (0.9)  | 54.1 (0.7)    |48.5 (0.8)
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Populations (Canadian)  |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |             |               |
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British Columbia........|65.9 (0.6)|66.1 (0.8)| 65.6 (0.6)|29.3 (4.6)|41.4 (0.0)|46.6 (3.6)|82.8 (0.0)|86.2 (0.0)|91.4 (0.0)|66.4 (0.7)|59.6 (0.7) |72.1 (0.6)|69.9 (0.8)| 68.2 (0.6)  | 66.9 (0.6)    |58.6 (0.8)
Quebec-English..........|63.0 (0.7)|64.3 (0.9)| 61.7 (0.8)|29.3 (2.0)|37.9 (0.0)|43.1 (2.0)|82.8 (0.0)|86.2 (0.0)|91.4 (0.0)|63.9 (0.8)|57.3 (0.6) |66.8 (0.8)|67.9 (0.8)| 65.1 (0.8)  | 64.4 (0.6)    |55.7 (0.8)
Quebec-French...........|62.8 (0.5)|63.2 (0.7)| 62.4 (0.5)|32.8 (5.2)|40.7 (3.6)|44.8 (0.6)|79.3 (0.0)|84.5 (0.0)|89.7 (4.9)|63.3 (0.6)|59.1 (0.6) |63.0 (0.6)|69.0 (0.7)| 61.1 (0.5)  | 66.9 (0.6)    |57.9 (0.6)
Ontario-English.........|62.5 (0.5)|63.6 (0.6)| 61.4 (0.7)|27.6 (0.0)|36.2 (2.6)|43.1 (3.1)|81.0 (0.0)|86.2 (3.4)|91.4 (0.0)|63.0 (0.6)|56.6 (0.5) |68.4 (0.6)|66.2 (0.7)| 64.3 (0.6)  | 64.1 (0.5)    |55.1 (0.5)
New Brunswick-English...|61.6 (0.4)|61.9 (0.5)| 61.3 (0.6)|24.1 (0.0)|34.5 (3.2)|41.4 (0.0)|81.0 (0.0)|84.5 (0.0)|91.4 (0.0)|61.3 (0.4)|56.9 (0.4) |67.2 (0.5)|65.4 (0.5)| 63.1 (0.4)  | 63.4 (0.4)    |54.5 (0.5)
Ontario-French..........|56.3 (0.5)|56.5 (0.7)| 56.1 (0.5)|28.9 (3.5)|34.5 (0.0)|39.7 (0.0)|74.1 (0.0)|79.3 (1.8)|86.2 (0.0)|54.9 (0.5)|53.7 (0.5) |60.5 (0.5)|60.3 (0.7)| 55.1 (0.5)  | 59.7 (0.5)    |51.7 (0.6)
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, International Assessment of Educational Progress, "Learning Science," by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared February 1992.)