Average TIMSS mathematics scores of 4th-grade students, by education system: 1995, 2003, 2007, and 2011

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Table B.1.72a.

Average TIMSS mathematics scores of 4th-grade students, by education system: 1995, 2003, 2007, and 2011

Education system	1995			2003			2007			2011
Education system	Average score	s.e.		Average score	s.e.		Average score	s.e.		Average score	s.e.
TIMSS scale average	500	*0.0*	▼	500	*0.0*	▼	500	*0.0*	▼	500	*0.0*	▼
Algeria	—	†		—	†		378	5.2	▼	—	†
Armenia	—	†		456	3.5	▼	500	4.3	▼	452	3.5	▼
Australia	495	3.4	▼	499	3.9	▼	516	3.5	▼	516	2.9	▼
Austria	531	2.9	∆	—	†		505	2.0	▼	508	2.6	▼
Azerbaijan	—	†		—	†		—	†		463	5.8	▼
Bahrain	—	†		—	†		—	†		436	3.3	▼
Belgium (Flemish)-BEL	—	†		551	1.8	∆	—	†		549	1.9	∆
Canada	506	3.4	▼	—	†		—	†		—	†
Chile	—	†		—	†		—	†		462	2.3	▼
Chinese Taipei-CHN	—	†		564	1.8	∆	576	1.7	∆	591	2.0	∆
Colombia	—	†		—	†		355	5.0	▼	—	†
Croatia	—	†		—	†		—	†		490	1.9	▼
Cyprus	475	3.2	▼	510	2.4	▼	—	†		—	†
Czech Republic	541	3.1	∆	—	†		486	2.8	▼	511	2.4	▼
Denmark	—	†		—	†		523	2.4		537	2.6
El Salvador	—	†		—	†		330	4.1	▼	—	†
England-GBR	484	3.3	▼	531	3.7	∆	541	2.9	∆	542	3.5
Finland	—	†		—	†		—	†		545	2.3
Georgia	—	†		—	†		438	4.2	▼	450	3.7	▼
Germany	—	†		—	†		525	2.3		528	2.2	▼
Greece	463	5.6	▼	—	†		—	†		—	†
Hong Kong-CHN	557	4.0	∆	575	3.2	∆	607	3.6	∆	602	3.4	∆
Hungary	521	3.6		529	3.1	∆	510	3.5	▼	515	3.4	▼
Iceland	453	3.0	▼	—	†		—	†		—	†
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	387	5.0	▼	389	4.2	▼	402	4.1	▼	431	3.5	▼
Ireland	523	3.5		—	†		—	†		527	2.6	▼
Israel	505	4.5	▼	—	†		—	†		—	†
Italy	—	†		503	3.7	▼	507	3.1	▼	508	2.6	▼
Japan	567	1.9	∆	565	1.6	∆	568	2.1	∆	585	1.7	∆
Kazakhstan	—	†		—	†		549	7.1	∆	501	4.5	▼
Korea, Rep. of	581	1.8	∆	—	†		—	†		605	1.9	∆
Kuwait	351	4.2	▼	—	†		316	3.6	▼	342	3.4	▼
Latvia	499	4.6	▼	536	2.8	∆	537	2.3	∆	—	†
Lithuania	—	†		534	2.8	∆	530	2.4		534	2.4	▼
Malta	—	†		—	†		—	†		496	1.3	▼
Moldova, Rep. of	—	†		504	4.9	▼	—	†		—	†
Mongolia	—	†		—	†		436	4.1	▼	—	†
Morocco	—	†		347	5.1	▼	341	4.7	▼	335	4.0	▼
Netherlands	549	3.0	∆	540	2.1	∆	535	2.1		540	1.7
New Zealand	469	4.4	▼	493	2.2	▼	492	2.3	▼	486	2.6	▼
Northern Ireland-GBR	—	†		—	†		—	†		562	2.9	∆
Norway	476	3.0	▼	451	2.3	▼	473	2.5	▼	495	2.8	▼
Oman	—	†		—	†		—	†		385	2.9	▼
Philippines	—	†		358	7.9	▼	—	†		—	†
Poland	—	†		—	†		—	†		481	2.2	▼
Portugal	442	3.9	▼	—	†		—	†		532	3.4	▼
Qatar	—	†		—	†		296	1.0	▼	413	3.5	▼
Romania	—	†		—	†		—	†		482	5.8	▼
Russian Federation	—	†		532	4.7	∆	544	4.9	∆	542	3.7
Saudi Arabia	—	†		—	†		—	†		410	5.3	▼
Scotland-GRB	493	4.2	▼	490	3.3	▼	494	2.2	▼	—	†
Serbia	—	†		—	†		—	†		516	3.0	▼
Singapore	590	4.5	∆	594	5.6	∆	599	3.7	∆	606	3.2	∆
Slovak Republic	—	†		—	†		496	4.5	▼	507	3.8	▼
Slovenia	462	3.1	▼	479	2.6	▼	502	1.8	▼	513	2.2	▼
Spain	—	†		—	†		—	†		482	2.9	▼
Sweden	—	†		—	†		503	2.5	▼	504	2.0	▼
Thailand	467	4.8	▼	—	†		—	†		458	4.8	▼
Tunisia	—	†		339	4.7	▼	327	4.5	▼	359	3.9	▼
Turkey	—	†		—	†		—	†		469	4.7	▼
Ukraine	—	†		—	†		469	2.9	▼	—	†
United Arab Emirates	—	†		—	†		—	†		434	2.0	▼
United States	518	*3.0*		518	*2.4*		529	*2.4*		541	*1.8*
Yemen	—	†		‡	†		224	6.0	▼	248	6.0	▼
Benchmarking education systems
Abu Dhabi-UAE	—	†		—	†		—	†		417	4.6	▼
Alberta-CAN	—	†		—	†		505	3.0	▼	507	2.5	▼
British Columbia-CAN	—	†		—	†		505	2.7	▼	—	†
Dubai-UAE	—	†		—	†		444	2.1	▼	468	1.6	▼
Florida-USA	—	†		—	†		—	†		545	2.9
Indiana-USA	—	†		533	2.8	∆	—	†		—	†
Massachusetts-USA	—	†		—	†		572	3.5	∆	—	†
Minnesota-USA	—	†		—	†		554	5.9	∆	—	†
North Carolina-USA	—	†		—	†		—	†		554	4.2	∆
Ontario-CAN	—	†		511	3.8		512	3.1	▼	518	3.1	▼
Quebec-CAN	—	†		506	2.4	▼	519	3.0	▼	533	2.4	▼

∆ Score is higher than U.S. score (p <05).

▼ Score is lower than U.S. score (p <05).

— Not available.

† Not applicable.

‡ Reporting standards not met.

NOTE: Italics indicate participants identified and counted in this report as an education system and not as a separate country. "Education system" is defined at http://nces.ed.gov/timss/results11.asp. Population coverage, participation rates, or sampling procedures deviated from international standards for 4th-graders in the following education systems (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-GBR (03, 95), Florida-USA (11), Georgia (11, 07), Hong Kong-CHN (11, 03), Hungary (95), Israel (95), Kazakhstan (11, 07), Kuwait (11, 95), Latvia (07, 95), Lithuania (11, 07, 03), Massachusetts-USA (07), Minnesota-USA (07), Mongolia (07), Netherlands (11, 07, 03, 95), North Carolina-USA (11), Northern Ireland-GBR (11), Norway (11), Ontario-CAN (07), Qatar (11), Quebec-CAN (07), Scotland-GBR (07, 03, 95), Serbia (11), Singapore (11), Slovenia (95), Thailand (95), and the United States (11, 07, 03). Data from these education systems have issues that interfere with proper trend analysis: Armenia, Australia, Finland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Morocco, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Thailand, Turkey, and Yemen. Details are available in the International Data Explorer Help Guide. The Mathematics scale ranges from 0 to 1000. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. Standard error is noted by s.e.

SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) International Data Explorer, retrieved March 12, 2013, from http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/ide. (This table was prepared March 2013.)