Suggested Citation: Provasnik, S., Kastberg, D., Ferraro, D., Lemanski, N., Roey, S., and Jenkins, F. (2012). Highlights From TIMSS 2011: Mathematics and Science Achievement of U.S. Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Students in an International Context (NCES 2013-009). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
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| Table 1. Average mathematics scores of 8th-grade students in Alabama public schools compared with other participating education systems: 2011 | |
|---|---|
| Education systems higher than Alabama | |
| Korea, Rep. of | Florida-USA |
| Singapore | Ontario-CAN |
| Chinese Taipei-CHN | United States |
| Hong Kong-CHN | England-GBR |
| Japan | Alberta-CAN |
| Massachusetts, US | Hungary |
| Minnesota-USA | Australia |
| Russian Federation | Slovenia |
| North Carolina-USA | Lithuania |
| Quebec-CAN | Italy |
| Indiana-USA | California-USA |
| Colorado-USA | New Zealand |
| Connecticut-USA | Kazakhstan |
| Israel | Sweden |
| Finland | |
| Education systems not measurably different from Alabama | |
| Ukraine | Romania |
| Dubai-UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| Norway | Turkey |
| Armenia | |
| Education systems lower than Alabama | |
| Lebanon | Bahrain |
| Abu Dhabi-UAE | Jordan |
| Malaysia | Palestinian Nat'l Auth. |
| Georgia | Saudi Arabia |
| Thailand | Indonesia |
| Macedonia, Rep. of | Syrian Arab Republic |
| Tunisia | Morocco |
| Chile | Oman |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | Ghana |
| Qatar | |
| SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2011. | |
| Table 2. Average mathematics scores in grade 8 for selected student groups in public schools in Alabama: 2011 | ||
| Reporting groups | Average score | |
|---|---|---|
| TIMSS scale average | 500 | |
| U.S. average | 509 | * |
| Alabama average | 466 | * |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 467 | * |
| Male | 465 | * |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White | 489 | |
| Black | 428 | * |
| Hispanic | 454 | * |
| Asian | 509 | |
| Multiracial | 492 | |
| Percentage of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | ||
| Less than 10 percent | 536 | |
| 10 to 24.9 percent | 510 | |
| 25 to 49.9 percent | 482 | * |
| 50 to 74.9 percent | 464 | * |
| 75 percent or more | 429 | * |
| *p<.05. Difference between score and TIMSS scale average is significant. NOTE: Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. Racial categories exclude Hispanic origin. Not all race/ethnicity categories are shown, but they are all included in the U.S. and state totals shown throughout the report. The standard errors of the estimates are shown in table E-13 available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfor.asp?pubid=2013009. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2011. | ||
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