Average TIMSS mathematics scores of 8th-grade students, by education system: 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011

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Average TIMSS mathematics scores of 8th-grade students, by education system: 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011

Education system	1995			1999			2003			2007			2011
Education system	Average score	s.e.		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*	▼	500	*0.0*	▼
Algeria	—	†		—	†		—	†		387	2.1	▼	—	†
Armenia	—	†		—	†		478	3.0	▼	499	3.5	▼	467	2.7	▼
Australia	509	3.7	∆	525	4.8	∆	505	4.6		496	3.9	▼	505	5.1
Austria	529	3.1	∆	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†
Bahrain	—	†		—	†		401	1.7	▼	398	1.6	▼	409	2.0	▼
Belgium (Flemish)-BEL	550	5.9	∆	558	3.3	∆	537	2.8	∆	—	†		—	†
Belgium (French)-BEL	518	3.8	∆	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†
Bosnia and Herzegovina	—	†		—	†		—	†		456	2.7	▼	—	†
Botswana	—	†		—	†		366	2.6	▼	364	2.3	▼	—	†
Bulgaria	‡	†		511	5.8		476	4.3	▼	464	5.0	▼	—	†
Canada	521	2.2	∆	531	2.5	∆	—	†		—	†		—	†
Chile	—	†		392	4.4	▼	387	3.3	▼	—	†		416	2.6	▼
Chinese Taipei-CHN	—	†		585	4.0	∆	585	4.6	∆	598	4.5	∆	609	3.2	∆
Colombia	332	5.6	▼	—	†		—	†		380	3.6	▼	—	†
Cyprus	468	2.2	▼	476	1.8	▼	459	1.7	▼	465	1.6	▼	—	†
Czech Republic	546	4.5	∆	520	4.2	∆	—	†		504	2.4		—	†
Denmark	497	3.1		—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†
Egypt	—	†		—	†		406	3.5	▼	391	3.6	▼	—	†
El Salvador	—	†		—	†		—	†		340	2.8	▼	—	†
England-GBR	498	3.0		496	4.1		498	4.7		513	4.8		507	5.5
Estonia	—	†		—	†		531	3.0	∆	—	†		—	†
Finland	—	†		520	2.7	∆	—	†		—	†		514	2.5
France	530	2.8	∆	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†
Georgia	—	†		—	†		—	†		410	5.9	▼	431	3.8	▼
Germany	502	4.5		—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†
Ghana	—	†		—	†		276	4.7	▼	309	4.4	▼	331	4.3	▼
Greece	479	3.4	▼	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†
Hong Kong-CHN	569	6.1	∆	582	4.3	∆	586	3.3	∆	572	5.8	∆	586	3.8	∆
Hungary	527	3.2	∆	532	3.7	∆	529	3.2	∆	517	3.5		505	3.5
Iceland	484	4.9		—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†
Indonesia	—	†		403	4.9	▼	411	4.8	▼	397	3.8	▼	386	4.3	▼
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	418	3.9	▼	422	3.4	▼	411	2.4	▼	403	4.1	▼	415	4.3	▼
Ireland	519	4.8	∆	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†
Israel	513	6.2	∆	466	3.9	▼	496	3.4		463	3.9	▼	516	4.1
Italy	491	3.4		479	3.8	▼	484	3.2	▼	480	3.0	▼	498	2.4	▼
Japan	581	1.6	∆	579	1.7	∆	570	2.1	∆	570	2.4	∆	570	2.6	∆
Jordan	—	†		428	3.6	▼	424	4.1	▼	427	4.1	▼	406	3.7	▼
Kazakhstan	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†		487	4.0	▼
Korea, Rep. of	581	2.0	∆	587	2.0	∆	589	2.2	∆	597	2.7	∆	613	2.9	∆
Kuwait	355	5.8	▼	—	†		—	†		354	2.3	▼	—	†
Latvia	488	3.6		505	3.4		508	3.2		—	†		—	†
Lebanon	—	†		—	†		433	3.1	▼	449	4.0	▼	449	3.7	▼
Lithuania	472	4.1	▼	482	4.3	▼	502	2.5		506	2.3		502	2.5
Macedonia, Rep. of	—	†		447	4.2	▼	435	3.5	▼	—	†		426	5.2	▼
Malaysia	—	†		519	4.4	∆	508	4.1		474	5.0	▼	440	5.4	▼
Malta	—	†		—	†		—	†		488	1.2	▼	—	†
Moldova, Rep. of	—	†		469	3.9	▼	460	4.0	▼	—	†		—	†
Mongolia	—	†		—	†		—	†		432	3.8	▼	—	†
Morocco	—	†		337	2.6	▼	387	2.5	▼	381	3.0	▼	371	2.0	▼
Netherlands	529	6.1	∆	540	7.1	∆	536	3.8	∆	—	†		—	†
New Zealand	501	4.7		491	5.2		494	5.3		—	†		488	5.5	▼
Norway	498	2.2		—	†		461	2.5	▼	469	2.0	▼	475	2.4	▼
Oman	—	†		—	†		—	†		372	3.4	▼	366	2.8	▼
Palestinian Nat'l Auth.	—	†		—	†		390	3.1	▼	367	3.5	▼	404	3.5	▼
Philippines	—	†		345	6.0	▼	378	5.2	▼	—	†		—	†
Portugal	451	3.0	▼	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†
Qatar	—	†		—	†		—	†		307	1.4	▼	410	3.1	▼
Romania	474	4.6	▼	472	5.8	▼	475	4.8	▼	461	4.1	▼	458	4.0	▼
Russian Federation	524	5.3	∆	526	5.9	∆	508	3.7		512	4.1		539	3.6	∆
Saudi Arabia	—	†		—	†		332	4.6	▼	329	2.9	▼	394	4.6	▼
Scotland-GBR	493	5.7		—	†		498	3.7		487	3.7	▼	—	†
Serbia	—	†		—	†		477	2.6	▼	486	3.3	▼	—	†
Singapore	609	4.0	∆	604	6.3	∆	605	3.6	∆	593	3.8	∆	611	3.8	∆
Slovak Republic	534	3.1	∆	534	4.0	∆	508	3.3		—	†		—	†
Slovenia	494	2.9		530	2.8	∆	493	2.2	▼	501	2.1	▼	505	2.2
South Africa	‡	†		275	6.8	▼	264	5.5	▼	—	†		—	†
Spain	483	2.3		—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†
Sweden	540	4.3	∆	—	†		499	2.6		491	2.3	▼	484	1.9	▼
Switzerland	534	2.7	∆	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†
Syrian Arab Republic	—	†		—	†		‡	†		395	3.8	▼	380	4.5	▼
Thailand	516	6.0	∆	467	5.1	▼	—	†		441	5.0	▼	427	4.3	▼
Tunisia	—	†		448	2.4	▼	410	2.2	▼	420	2.4	▼	425	2.8	▼
Turkey	—	†		429	4.3	▼	—	†		432	4.8	▼	452	3.9	▼
Ukraine	—	†		—	†		—	†		462	3.6	▼	479	3.9	▼
United Arab Emirates	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†		456	2.1	▼
United States	492	*4.7*		502	*4.0*		504	*3.3*		508	*2.8*		509	*2.6*
Benchmarking education systems
Abu Dhabi-UAE	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†		449	3.7	▼
Alabama-USA	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†		466	5.9	▼
Alberta-CAN	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†		505	2.6
Basque Country-ESP	—	†		—	†		487	2.7	▼	499	3.0	▼	—	†
British Columbia-CAN	—	†		—	†		—	†		509	3.0		—	†
California-USA	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†		493	4.9	▼
Colorado-USA	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†		518	4.9
Connecticut-USA	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†		518	4.8
Dubai-UAE	—	†		—	†		—	†		461	2.4	▼	478	2.1	▼
Florida-USA	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†		513	6.4
Indiana-USA	—	†		—	†		508	5.2		—	†		522	5.1	∆
Massachusetts-USA	—	†		—	†		—	†		547	4.6	∆	561	5.3	∆
Minnesota-USA	—	†		—	†		—	†		532	4.4	∆	545	4.6	∆
North Carolina-USA	—	†		—	†		—	†		—	†		537	6.8	∆
Ontario-CAN	—	†		—	†		521	3.1	∆	517	3.5		512	2.5
Quebec-CAN	—	†		—	†		543	3.0	∆	528	3.5	∆	532	2.3	∆

∆ 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 8th-graders in the following education systems (years in parentheses): Alabama-USA (11), Alberta-CAN (11), Australia (95), Austria (95), Belgium (Flemish)-BEL (99, 95), Belgium (French)-BEL (95), British Columbia-CAN (07), California-USA (11), Colombia (95), Colorado-USA (11), Connecticut-USA (11), Denmark (95), Dubai-UAE (07), England-GBR (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Florida-USA (11), Greece (95), Georgia (11, 07), Germany (95), Hong Kong-CHN (07, 03, 99), Indiana-USA (11), Indonesia (03), Israel (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Kuwait (95), Latvia (99, 95), Lithuania (11, 07, 03, 99, 95), Macedonia (03), Massachusetts-USA (11, 07), Minnesota-USA (11, 07), Mongolia (07), Morocco (03, 07), Netherlands (03, 99, 95), North Carolina-USA (11) Ontario-CAN (11, 07), Quebec-CAN (07), Romania (95), Russian Federation (11), Scotland-GBR (07, 03, 95), Serbia (07, 03), Singapore (11), Slovenia (95), Switzerland (95), Thailand (95), and the United States (11, 07, 03, 95). Data from these education systems 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, and Turkey. 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.)