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Percentage of 4th- and 8th-grade students on Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) who reported that they like being in school,1 by education system: 2011


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1 Students who like being in school are those who "agreed a lot" with the statement I like being in school.
NOTE: Education systems presented in the graph participated in TIMSS at both the fourth- and eighth-grade levels in 2011. Education systems are ordered by agree a lot percentages at grade 4, from high to low. Education systems highlighted in yellow can be considered higher performing (i.e., had performed, on average, at or above the TIMSS 2011 Intermediate International benchmark, 475, on the mathematics assessment at grades 4 and 8). The Mathematics scale ranges from 0 to 1,000. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2011.

Excel File Excel Version
Year Jurisdiction All students
Average Standard error
2011 Average for Selected Countries 494 (0.5)
  Armenia 452 (3.5)
  Australia 516 (2.9)
  Bahrain 436 (3.3)
  Chile 462 (2.3)
  Chinese Taipei 591 (2.0)
  England 542 (3.5)
  Finland 545 (2.3)
  Georgia 450 (3.7)
  Hong Kong SAR 602 (3.4)
  Hungary 515 (3.4)
  Iran, Islamic Rep. of 431 (3.5)
  Italy 508 (2.6)
  Japan 585 (1.7)
  Kazakhstan 501 (4.5)
  Korea, Rep. of 605 (1.9)
  Lithuania 534 (2.4)
  Morocco 335 (4.0)
  New Zealand 486 (2.6)
  Norway 495 (2.8)
  Oman 385 (2.9)
  Qatar 413 (3.5)
  Romania 482 (5.8)
  Russian Federation 542 (3.7)
  Saudi Arabia 410 (5.3)
  Singapore 606 (3.2)
  Slovenia 513 (2.2)
  Sweden 504 (2.0)
  Thailand 458 (4.8)
  Tunisia 359 (3.9)
  Turkey 469 (4.7)
  United Arab Emirates 434 (2.0)
  United States 541 (1.8)
  Abu Dhabi, UAE 417 (4.6)
  Alberta, Canada 507 (2.5)
  Dubai, UAE 468 (1.6)
  Florida, US 545 (2.9)
  North Carolina, US 554 (4.2)
  Ontario, Canada 518 (3.1)
  Quebec, Canada 533 (2.4)

NOTE: Population coverage, participation rates, or sampling procedures deviated from international standards for 4th graders in the following jurisdictions (years in parentheses): Alberta-CAN (11, 07), Australia (03, 95), Austria (95), Azerbaijan (11), British Columbia-CAN (07), Croatia (11), Denmark (11, 07), Dubai-UAE (07), England (03, 95), Florida-US (11), Georgia (11, 07), Hong Kong (11, 03), Hungary (95), Israel (95), Kazakhstan (11, 07), Kuwait (11, 95), Latvia (07, 95), Lithuania (11, 07, 03), Massachusetts-US (07), Minnesota-US (07), Mongolia (07), the Netherlands (11, 07, 03, 95), North Carolina-US (11), Northern Ireland (11), Norway (11), Ontario-CAN (07), Qatar (11), Quebec-CAN (07), Scotland (07, 03, 95), Serbia (11), Singapore (11), Slovenia (95), Thailand (95), and United States (11, 07, 03); and for 8th graders in: Alabama-US (11), Alberta-CAN (11), Australia (95), Austria (95), Belgium (Flemish) (99, 95), Belgium (French) (95), British Columbia-CAN (07), California-US (11), Colombia (95), Colorado-US (11), Connecticut-US (11), Denmark (95), Dubai-UAE (07), England (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Florida-US (11), Greece (95), Georgia (11, 07), Germany (95), Honduras-Grade 9 (11), Hong Kong (07, 03, 99), Indiana-US (11), Indonesia (03), Israel (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Kuwait (95), Latvia (99, 95), Lithuania (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Macedonia (03), Massachusetts-US (11, 07), Minnesota-US (11, 07), Mongolia (07), Morocco (03, 07), Netherlands (03, 99, 95), North Carolina-US (11) Ontario-CAN (11, 07), Quebec-CAN (07), Romania (95), Russian Federation (11), Scotland (07, 03, 95), Serbia (07, 03), Singapore (11), Slovenia (95), Switzerland (95), Thailand (95), and United States (11, 07, 03, 95). Data from these jurisdictions have issues that interfere with proper trend analysis: Armenia, Australia, Finland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Morocco, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, and Yemen. Details are available in the Help Guide. The Mathematics scale ranges from 0 to 1000. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2011.

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Year Jurisdiction Agree a lot Agree a litte Disagree a little Disgree a lot
Percentage Standard error Percentage Standard error Percentage Standard error Percentage Standard error
2011 Average for Selected Countries 56 (0.2) 31 (0.2) 7 (0.1) 6 (0.1)
  Armenia 85 (0.8) 10 (0.6) 2 (0.2) 3 (0.3)
  Australia 42 (1.2) 39 (1.2) 10 (0.6) 9 (0.7)
  Bahrain 66 (1.3) 22 (0.8) 5 (0.3) 7 (0.8)
  Chile 57 (1.2) 30 (0.9) 6 (0.4) 7 (0.5)
  Chinese Taipei 37 (1.2) 40 (0.8) 14 (0.7) 9 (0.6)
  England 37 (1.5) 44 (0.9) 10 (0.6) 9 (0.9)
  Finland 33 (1.1) 46 (1.0) 12 (0.7) 9 (0.6)
  Georgia 87 (0.8) 11 (0.7) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.2)
  Hong Kong SAR 30 (0.9) 44 (0.9) 14 (0.6) 12 (0.6)
  Hungary 51 (1.2) 32 (1.0) 9 (0.5) 8 (0.6)
  Iran, Islamic Rep. of 84 (1.0) 11 (0.8) 2 (0.3) 3 (0.2)
  Italy 34 (1.3) 48 (1.0) 9 (0.7) 9 (0.9)
  Japan 41 (1.2) 46 (0.9) 10 (0.6) 4 (0.4)
  Kazakhstan 81 (1.0) 16 (0.9) 2 (0.3) 1 (0.2)
  Korea, Rep. of 32 (1.0) 54 (0.9) 10 (0.6) 4 (0.5)
  Lithuania 50 (1.3) 41 (1.1) 5 (0.4) 4 (0.4)
  Morocco 88 (1.1) 7 (0.6) 2 (0.3) 3 (0.4)
  New Zealand 48 (1.0) 36 (0.8) 9 (0.4) 7 (0.4)
  Norway 46 (1.6) 37 (1.3) 11 (0.9) 6 (0.8)
  Oman 78 (0.9) 16 (0.7) 2 (0.3) 4 (0.3)
  Qatar 63 (1.0) 24 (0.9) 5 (0.5) 7 (0.6)
  Romania 78 (1.2) 17 (0.9) 3 (0.5) 2 (0.3)
  Russian Federation 55 (1.3) 34 (1.0) 7 (0.5) 4 (0.4)
  Saudi Arabia 73 (1.5) 19 (1.2) 4 (0.4) 4 (0.5)
  Singapore 54 (0.7) 36 (0.6) 6 (0.4) 4 (0.3)
  Slovenia 38 (1.3) 42 (1.2) 11 (0.8) 9 (0.7)
  Sweden 42 (1.3) 47 (1.1) 8 (0.7) 3 (0.4)
  Thailand 59 (1.6) 34 (1.4) 4 (0.4) 2 (0.3)
  Tunisia 91 (0.7) 7 (0.6) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.3)
  Turkey 88 (0.6) 9 (0.5) 1 (0.2) 2 (0.2)
  United Arab Emirates 68 (0.8) 21 (0.5) 4 (0.2) 7 (0.4)
  United States 40 (0.8) 39 (0.6) 11 (0.4) 10 (0.4)
  Abu Dhabi, UAE 67 (1.6) 21 (1.1) 4 (0.4) 8 (0.8)
  Alberta, Canada 50 (1.3) 35 (1.0) 8 (0.6) 6 (0.6)
  Dubai, UAE 67 (0.8) 23 (0.8) 4 (0.4) 5 (0.4)
  Florida, US 41 (1.4) 38 (1.1) 10 (0.6) 10 (0.8)
  North Carolina, US 40 (1.7) 39 (1.5) 10 (0.8) 11 (1.1)
  Ontario, Canada 45 (1.1) 37 (0.9) 10 (0.6) 8 (0.5)
  Quebec, Canada 33 (1.2) 49 (1.2) 9 (0.7) 9 (0.7)

NOTE: Population coverage, participation rates, or sampling procedures deviated from international standards for 4th graders in the following jurisdictions (years in parentheses): Alberta-CAN (11, 07), Australia (03, 95), Austria (95), Azerbaijan (11), British Columbia-CAN (07), Croatia (11), Denmark (11, 07), Dubai-UAE (07), England (03, 95), Florida-US (11), Georgia (11, 07), Hong Kong (11, 03), Hungary (95), Israel (95), Kazakhstan (11, 07), Kuwait (11, 95), Latvia (07, 95), Lithuania (11, 07, 03), Massachusetts-US (07), Minnesota-US (07), Mongolia (07), the Netherlands (11, 07, 03, 95), North Carolina-US (11), Northern Ireland (11), Norway (11), Ontario-CAN (07), Qatar (11), Quebec-CAN (07), Scotland (07, 03, 95), Serbia (11), Singapore (11), Slovenia (95), Thailand (95), and United States (11, 07, 03); and for 8th graders in: Alabama-US (11), Alberta-CAN (11), Australia (95), Austria (95), Belgium (Flemish) (99, 95), Belgium (French) (95), British Columbia-CAN (07), California-US (11), Colombia (95), Colorado-US (11), Connecticut-US (11), Denmark (95), Dubai-UAE (07), England (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Florida-US (11), Greece (95), Georgia (11, 07), Germany (95), Honduras-Grade 9 (11), Hong Kong (07, 03, 99), Indiana-US (11), Indonesia (03), Israel (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Kuwait (95), Latvia (99, 95), Lithuania (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Macedonia (03), Massachusetts-US (11, 07), Minnesota-US (11, 07), Mongolia (07), Morocco (03, 07), Netherlands (03, 99, 95), North Carolina-US (11) Ontario-CAN (11, 07), Quebec-CAN (07), Romania (95), Russian Federation (11), Scotland (07, 03, 95), Serbia (07, 03), Singapore (11), Slovenia (95), Switzerland (95), Thailand (95), and United States (11, 07, 03, 95). Data from these jurisdictions have issues that interfere with proper trend analysis: Armenia, Australia, Finland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Morocco, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, and Yemen. Details are available in the Help Guide. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2011.

Excel File Excel Version
Year Jurisdiction All students
Average Standard error
2011 Average for Selected Countries 485 (0.6)
  Armenia 467 (2.7)
  Australia 505 (5.1)
  Bahrain 409 (2.0)
  Chile 416 (2.6)
  Chinese Taipei 609 (3.2)
  England 507 (5.5)
  Finland 514 (2.5)
  Georgia 431 (3.8)
  Hong Kong SAR 586 (3.8)
  Hungary 505 (3.5)
  Iran, Islamic Rep. of 415 (4.3)
  Italy 498 (2.4)
  Japan 570 (2.6)
  Kazakhstan 487 (4.0)
  Korea, Rep. of 613 (2.9)
  Lithuania 502 (2.5)
  Morocco 371 (2.0)
  New Zealand 488 (5.5)
  Norway 475 (2.4)
  Oman 366 (2.8)
  Qatar 410 (3.1)
  Romania 458 (4.0)
  Russian Federation 539 (3.6)
  Saudi Arabia 394 (4.6)
  Singapore 611 (3.8)
  Slovenia 505 (2.2)
  Sweden 484 (1.9)
  Thailand 427 (4.3)
  Tunisia 425 (2.8)
  Turkey 452 (3.9)
  United Arab Emirates 456 (2.1)
  United States 509 (2.6)
  Abu Dhabi, UAE 449 (3.7)
  Alberta, Canada 505 (2.6)
  Dubai, UAE 478 (2.1)
  Florida, US 513 (6.4)
  North Carolina, US 537 (6.8)
  Ontario, Canada 512 (2.5)
  Quebec, Canada 532 (2.3)

NOTE: Population coverage, participation rates, or sampling procedures deviated from international standards for 4th graders in the following jurisdictions (years in parentheses): Alberta-CAN (11, 07), Australia (03, 95), Austria (95), Azerbaijan (11), British Columbia-CAN (07), Croatia (11), Denmark (11, 07), Dubai-UAE (07), England (03, 95), Florida-US (11), Georgia (11, 07), Hong Kong (11, 03), Hungary (95), Israel (95), Kazakhstan (11, 07), Kuwait (11, 95), Latvia (07, 95), Lithuania (11, 07, 03), Massachusetts-US (07), Minnesota-US (07), Mongolia (07), the Netherlands (11, 07, 03, 95), North Carolina-US (11), Northern Ireland (11), Norway (11), Ontario-CAN (07), Qatar (11), Quebec-CAN (07), Scotland (07, 03, 95), Serbia (11), Singapore (11), Slovenia (95), Thailand (95), and United States (11, 07, 03); and for 8th graders in: Alabama-US (11), Alberta-CAN (11), Australia (95), Austria (95), Belgium (Flemish) (99, 95), Belgium (French) (95), British Columbia-CAN (07), California-US (11), Colombia (95), Colorado-US (11), Connecticut-US (11), Denmark (95), Dubai-UAE (07), England (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Florida-US (11), Greece (95), Georgia (11, 07), Germany (95), Honduras-Grade 9 (11), Hong Kong (07, 03, 99), Indiana-US (11), Indonesia (03), Israel (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Kuwait (95), Latvia (99, 95), Lithuania (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Macedonia (03), Massachusetts-US (11, 07), Minnesota-US (11, 07), Mongolia (07), Morocco (03, 07), Netherlands (03, 99, 95), North Carolina-US (11) Ontario-CAN (11, 07), Quebec-CAN (07), Romania (95), Russian Federation (11), Scotland (07, 03, 95), Serbia (07, 03), Singapore (11), Slovenia (95), Switzerland (95), Thailand (95), and United States (11, 07, 03, 95). Data from these jurisdictions have issues that interfere with proper trend analysis: Armenia, Australia, Finland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Morocco, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, and Yemen. Details are available in the Help Guide. The Mathematics scale ranges from 0 to 1000. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2011.

Excel File Excel Version
Year Jurisdiction Agree a lot Agree a little Disagree a little Disagree a lot
Percentage Standard error Percentage Standard error Percentage Standard error Percentage Standard error
2011 Average for Selected Countries 37 (0.2) 45 (0.2) 11 (0.1) 7 (0.1)
  Armenia 65 (1.0) 29 (0.9) 3 (0.3) 3 (0.3)
  Australia 26 (1.1) 51 (1.0) 14 (0.7) 9 (0.5)
  Bahrain 43 (1.0) 40 (1.0) 8 (0.4) 8 (0.6)
  Chile 40 (1.1) 44 (0.8) 10 (0.5) 5 (0.4)
  Chinese Taipei 20 (0.8) 52 (0.8) 20 (0.7) 8 (0.5)
  England 21 (1.2) 55 (1.1) 15 (0.9) 8 (0.7)
  Finland 21 (1.0) 58 (0.8) 15 (0.7) 6 (0.5)
  Georgia 62 (1.2) 30 (1.1) 4 (0.4) 4 (0.4)
  Hong Kong SAR 27 (1.1) 54 (0.9) 13 (0.7) 6 (0.4)
  Hungary 26 (1.0) 45 (1.0) 18 (0.7) 11 (0.6)
  Iran, Islamic Rep. of 68 (1.1) 24 (0.9) 5 (0.3) 3 (0.3)
  Italy 11 (0.7) 61 (1.1) 19 (0.8) 9 (0.7)
  Japan 33 (1.2) 49 (0.9) 14 (0.7) 5 (0.4)
  Kazakhstan 63 (1.4) 33 (1.2) 4 (0.4) 1 (0.2)
  Korea, Rep. of 17 (0.7) 61 (0.7) 17 (0.6) 5 (0.4)
  Lithuania 22 (1.0) 57 (0.8) 13 (0.7) 8 (0.5)
  Morocco 83 (0.5) 14 (0.5) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.1)
  New Zealand 26 (1.0) 53 (0.9) 14 (0.5) 7 (0.5)
  Norway 31 (1.1) 47 (1.2) 14 (0.6) 8 (0.7)
  Oman 63 (0.9) 29 (0.7) 4 (0.3) 4 (0.3)
  Qatar 40 (1.2) 39 (0.9) 11 (0.7) 10 (0.6)
  Romania 52 (1.3) 39 (1.1) 5 (0.4) 3 (0.4)
  Russian Federation 28 (1.3) 53 (1.1) 15 (0.8) 4 (0.3)
  Saudi Arabia 42 (1.2) 40 (1.0) 9 (0.5) 8 (0.6)
  Singapore 41 (0.7) 49 (0.6) 7 (0.4) 3 (0.2)
  Slovenia 6 (0.4) 45 (1.1) 28 (0.9) 21 (1.0)
  Sweden 15 (0.8) 59 (0.8) 19 (0.7) 7 (0.5)
  Thailand 41 (0.9) 53 (0.9) 4 (0.4) 1 (0.1)
  Tunisia 66 (1.1) 27 (1.0) 4 (0.3) 3 (0.3)
  Turkey 68 (0.9) 25 (0.8) 3 (0.3) 3 (0.3)
  United Arab Emirates 44 (0.8) 39 (0.7) 9 (0.4) 8 (0.4)
  United States 24 (0.6) 49 (0.7) 15 (0.5) 12 (0.5)
  Abu Dhabi, UAE 41 (1.2) 41 (1.1) 9 (0.7) 9 (0.8)
  Alberta, Canada 27 (1.1) 50 (1.0) 14 (0.7) 9 (0.6)
  Dubai, UAE 46 (1.2) 39 (1.1) 9 (0.5) 6 (0.4)
  Florida, US 24 (1.7) 47 (1.3) 17 (1.0) 12 (1.3)
  North Carolina, US 25 (1.4) 51 (1.8) 14 (1.4) 10 (0.9)
  Ontario, Canada 31 (1.2) 48 (0.8) 13 (0.6) 8 (0.7)
  Quebec, Canada 17 (0.7) 59 (0.9) 17 (0.7) 8 (0.6)

NOTE: Population coverage, participation rates, or sampling procedures deviated from international standards for 4th graders in the following jurisdictions (years in parentheses): Alberta-CAN (11, 07), Australia (03, 95), Austria (95), Azerbaijan (11), British Columbia-CAN (07), Croatia (11), Denmark (11, 07), Dubai-UAE (07), England (03, 95), Florida-US (11), Georgia (11, 07), Hong Kong (11, 03), Hungary (95), Israel (95), Kazakhstan (11, 07), Kuwait (11, 95), Latvia (07, 95), Lithuania (11, 07, 03), Massachusetts-US (07), Minnesota-US (07), Mongolia (07), the Netherlands (11, 07, 03, 95), North Carolina-US (11), Northern Ireland (11), Norway (11), Ontario-CAN (07), Qatar (11), Quebec-CAN (07), Scotland (07, 03, 95), Serbia (11), Singapore (11), Slovenia (95), Thailand (95), and United States (11, 07, 03); and for 8th graders in: Alabama-US (11), Alberta-CAN (11), Australia (95), Austria (95), Belgium (Flemish) (99, 95), Belgium (French) (95), British Columbia-CAN (07), California-US (11), Colombia (95), Colorado-US (11), Connecticut-US (11), Denmark (95), Dubai-UAE (07), England (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Florida-US (11), Greece (95), Georgia (11, 07), Germany (95), Honduras-Grade 9 (11), Hong Kong (07, 03, 99), Indiana-US (11), Indonesia (03), Israel (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Kuwait (95), Latvia (99, 95), Lithuania (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Macedonia (03), Massachusetts-US (11, 07), Minnesota-US (11, 07), Mongolia (07), Morocco (03, 07), Netherlands (03, 99, 95), North Carolina-US (11) Ontario-CAN (11, 07), Quebec-CAN (07), Romania (95), Russian Federation (11), Scotland (07, 03, 95), Serbia (07, 03), Singapore (11), Slovenia (95), Switzerland (95), Thailand (95), and United States (11, 07, 03, 95). Data from these jurisdictions have issues that interfere with proper trend analysis: Armenia, Australia, Finland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Morocco, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, and Yemen. Details are available in the Help Guide. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2011.