| Table 2. Average mathematics scale scores of fourth-grade students, by country: 2003 | |||
| Country | Average score | ||
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| International average | 495 |
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| + Singapore | 594 |
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| + Hong Kong SAR1,2 | 575 |
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| + Japan | 565 |
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| + Chinese Taipei | 564 |
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| + Belgium-Flemish | 551 |
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| + Netherlands2 | 540 |
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| + Latvia | 536 |
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| + Lithuania3 | 534 |
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| + Russian Federation | 532 |
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| + England2 | 531 |
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| + Hungary | 529 |
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| • United States2 | 518 |
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| – Cyprus | 510 |
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| – Moldova, Republic of | 504 |
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| – Italy | 503 |
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| – Australia2 | 499 |
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| – New Zealand | 493 |
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| – Scotland2 | 490 |
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| – Slovenia | 479 |
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| – Armenia | 456 |
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| – Norway | 451 |
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| – Iran, Islamic Republic of | 389 |
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| – Philippines | 358 |
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| – Morocco | 347 |
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| – Tunisia | 339 |
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| 1Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. | |||
| 2Met international guidelines for participation rates in 2003 only after replacement schools were included. | |||
| 3National desired population does not cover all of the international desired population. | |||
| NOTE: Countries are ordered by 2003 average score. The test for significance between the United States and the international average was adjusted to account for the U.S. contribution to the international average. Countries were required to sample students in the upper of the two grades that contained the largest number of 9-year-olds. In the United States and most countries, this corresponds to grade 4. See table A1 in appendix A for details. | |||
| SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2003. | |||