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Percentage distribution of 15-year-old students in the OECD countries and the United States on the combined mathematics literacy scale, by proficiency level: 2003

NOTE: In order to reach a particular proficiency level, a student must have been able to correctly answer a majority of items at that level. Students were classified into mathematics literacy levels according to their scores. Exact cut point scores are as follows: below level 1 ( a score less than or equal to 357.77); level 1 ( a score greater than 357.77 and less than or equal to 420.07); level 2 ( a score greater than 420.07 and less than or equal to 482.38); level 3 ( a score greater than 482.38 and less than or equal to 544.68); level 4 ( a score greater than 544.68 and less than or equal to 606.99); level 5 ( a score greater than 606.99 and less than or equal to 669.3); level 6 ( a score greater than 669.3). The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) average is the average of the national averages of the OECD member countries with data available. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2003.

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