Table 12c. Average scores among 8th-graders on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), by participating country and race/ethnicity in the United States: 2007

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Table 12c.

Average scores among 8th-graders on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), by participating country and race/ethnicity in the United States: 2007

Mathematics		Science
Country and race/ethnicity	Average score	Country and race/ethnicity	Average score
TIMSS scale average	500	TIMSS scale average	500
United States^1,2,3	508	United States^1,2,3	520
White	533	White	551
Black	457	Black	455
Hispanic	475	Hispanic	480
Asian	549	Asian	543
Two or more races	506	Two or more races	522

Countries whose scores were higher than the U.S. score		Countries whose scores were higher than the U.S. score
Chinese Taipei	598	Singapore	567
Korea, Republic of	597	Chinese Taipei	561
Singapore	593	Japan	554
Hong Kong SAR^1,4	572	Korea, Republic of	553
Japan	570	England¹	542
		Hungary	539
Countries whose scores were not measurably different from the U.S. score		Czech Republic	539
		Slovenia	538
Hungary	517	Russian Federation	530
England¹	513
Russian Federation	512	Countries whose scores were not measurably different from the U.S. score
Lithuania⁵	506
Czech Republic	504	Hong Kong SAR^1,4	530
		Lithuania⁵	519
Countries whose scores were lower than the U.S. score		Australia	515
Slovenia	501
Armenia	499	Countries whose scores were lower than the U.S. score
Australia	496	Sweden	511
Sweden	491	Scotland¹	496
Malta	488	Italy	495
Scotland¹	487	Armenia	488
Serbia^2,5	486	Norway	487
Italy	480	Ukraine	485
Malaysia	474	Jordan	482
Norway	469	Malaysia	471
Cyprus	465	Thailand	471
Bulgaria	464	Serbia^2,5	470
Israel6	463	Bulgaria6	470
Ukraine	462	Israel6	468
Romania	461	Bahrain	467
Bosnia and Herzegovina	456	Bosnia and Herzegovina	466
Lebanon	449	Romania	462
Thailand	441	Iran, Islamic Republic of	459
Turkey	432	Malta	457
Jordan	427	Turkey	454
Tunisia	420	Syrian Arab Republic	452
Georgia⁵	410	Cyprus	452
Iran, Islamic Republic of	403	Tunisia	445
Bahrain	398	Indonesia	427
Indonesia	397	Oman	423
Syrian Arab Republic	395	Georgia⁵	421
Egypt	391	Kuwait⁷	418
Algeria	387	Colombia	417
Colombia	380	Lebanon	414
Oman	372	Egypt	408
Palestinian National Authority	367	Algeria	408
Botswana	364	Palestinian National Authority	404
Kuwait⁷	354	Saudi Arabia	403
El Salvador	340	El Salvador	387
Saudi Arabia	329	Botswana	355
Ghana	309	Qatar	319
Qatar	307	Ghana	303
¹ Met guidelines for sample participation rates only after substitute schools were included. ² National Defined Population covers 90 percent to 95 percent of National Target Population. ³ Includes other races/ethnicities not separately shown. ⁴ Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. ⁵ National Target Population does not include all of the International Target Population defined by TIMSS. ⁶ National Defined Population covers less than 90 percent of National Target Population (but at least 77 percent). ⁷ Kuwait tested the same cohort of students as other countries, but later in 2007, at the beginning of the next school year. NOTE: Scores are reported on a scale of 0 to 1,000. The tests for significance take into account the standard error for the reported difference. Thus, a small difference between the United States and one country may be significant while a larger difference between the United States and another country may not be significant. For more information on the international requirements for sampling, data collection, and participation rates, see Highlights From TIMSS 2007: Mathematics and Science Achievement of U.S. Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Students in an International Context, Appendix A (Gonzales et al. 2008) for information. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2007.