IEA: Percentage of eighth-grade students and their average TIMSS mathematics scores, by frequency with which they speak the language of the test at home and jurisdiction: 2007

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Table D.2.04b.	IEA: Percentage of eighth-grade students and their average TIMSS mathematics scores, by frequency with which they speak the language of the test at home and jurisdiction: 2007

Jurisdiction	Always or almost always				Sometimes					Never
Jurisdiction	Percent	s.e.	Average score	s.e.	Percent		s.e.	Average score	s.e.	Percent		s.e.	Average score	s.e.
International average	78	0.2	454	0.6	17		0.1	427	1.2	5		0.1	394	1.9

Algeria	57	1.7	388	2.5	31		1.2	389	2.5	11		1.1	378	3.5
Armenia	97	0.5	499	3.5	3		0.4	479	9.0	#		†	—	†
Australia	96	0.5	498	3.9	4		0.5	480	13.4	1		0.1	‡	†
Bahrain	81	0.8	397	1.8	14		0.6	408	4.5	5		0.5	397	7.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	98	0.4	456	2.7	2		0.3	‡	†	#		†	—	†

Botswana	34	1.0	371	3.3	62		1.0	365	2.3	5		0.4	316	6.7
Bulgaria	89	1.7	472	4.6	10		1.6	401	12.8	1	!	0.3	‡	†
Chinese Taipei	83	1.2	609	4.2	16		1.1	546	7.8	1		0.2	‡	†
Colombia	96	0.3	382	3.7	4		0.3	337	7.4	#		†	—	†
Cyprus	91	0.5	469	1.7	6		0.4	440	5.8	2		0.3	‡	†

Czech Republic	98	0.3	504	2.4	2		0.3	‡	†	#		†	—	†
Egypt	82	1.2	391	3.7	15		1.0	402	6.4	3		0.4	384	12.2
El Salvador	97	0.3	342	2.7	2		0.3	‡	†	1		0.2	‡	†
England	97	0.4	514	4.9	2		0.3	‡	†	#		†	—	†
Georgia	95	0.9	411	5.9	5		0.9	402	18.1	#		†	—	†

Ghana	31	1.2	309	5.8	66		1.3	314	4.3	3		0.5	259	12.6
Hong Kong SAR¹	91	1.0	580	5.2	8		0.7	513	12.7	2		0.4	‡	†
Hungary	99	0.3	518	3.4	1		0.2	‡	†	1		0.2	‡	†
Indonesia	35	2.8	397	6.1	58		2.5	397	4.7	7		0.6	402	7.9
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	63	2.2	423	4.9	22		1.7	373	4.9	15		1.3	367	6.0

Israel	92	0.7	467	4.0	6		0.6	444	10.7	1	!	0.3	‡	†
Italy	99	0.1	480	3.1	1		0.1	‡	†	#		†	—	†
Japan	98	0.2	571	2.4	1		0.2	‡	†	#		†	—	†
Jordan	89	0.9	429	4.1	8		0.7	418	10.0	3		0.4	414	12.7
Korea, Rep. of	95	0.4	600	2.7	5		0.4	549	7.5	#		†	—	†

Kuwait	67	1.2	355	2.4	19		0.8	359	4.4	14		0.9	344	6.2
Lebanon	20	1.2	456	7.4	64		1.7	450	3.8	16		1.2	443	5.9
Lithuania	98	0.4	506	2.3	2		0.4	‡	†	#		†	—	†
Malaysia	64	2.1	465	5.6	28		1.6	486	6.9	9		0.9	504	11.0
Malta	17	0.4	505	3.1	46		0.7	488	1.9	38		0.7	481	2.2

Norway	96	0.4	472	2.0	3		0.3	434	6.4	1		0.2	‡	†
Oman	76	1.9	373	3.5	19		1.6	377	5.4	5		0.6	378	8.9
Palestinian Nat'l Auth.	87	1.4	369	3.7	10		1.1	369	9.8	3		0.5	355	12.7
Qatar	72	0.4	312	1.5	20		0.4	307	3.9	8		0.3	266	5.5
Romania	98	0.3	463	4.1	1	!	0.3	‡	†	#		†	—	†

Russian Federation	93	1.8	513	4.0	6		1.6	497	11.2	1	!	0.3	‡	†
Saudi Arabia	72	2.2	328	3.1	18		1.5	338	4.7	11		1.1	325	7.5
Scotland	96	0.5	490	3.6	3		0.4	463	10.5	1		0.2	‡	†
Serbia	97	0.8	487	3.2	2	!	0.6	‡	†	1		0.2	‡	†
Singapore	47	0.9	616	3.7	46		0.8	576	4.6	7		0.4	553	9.0

Slovenia	90	1.1	506	2.0	7		0.7	465	6.5	3		0.6	455	8.4
Sweden	94	0.6	494	2.1	4		0.5	455	7.9	1		0.2	‡	†
Syrian Arab Republic	86	1.0	397	3.8	11		0.8	388	7.6	3		0.4	378	11.5
Thailand	67	1.9	456	6.0	30		1.6	414	7.1	3		0.6	395	16.8
Tunisia	22	0.9	406	3.6	49		1.0	423	2.7	29		1.1	426	2.8

Turkey	89	1.2	440	5.0	10		1.2	370	5.5	1		0.2	‡	†
Ukraine	69	2.6	460	4.3	23		1.9	470	4.6	8		1.0	459	7.5
United States	91	*0.7*	512	*2.8*	8		*0.7*	474	*5.3*	1		*0.1*	‡	†

Benchmarking Participants
Basque Country, Spain	93	0.5	501	3.0	6		0.5	504	5.8	1	!	0.3	‡	†
British Columbia, Canada	85	1.8	506	3.0	10		0.9	533	7.5	5		1.2	517	6.6
Dubai, UAE	58	1.2	463	3.3	37		1.1	466	3.9	5		0.7	471	11.8
Massachusetts, United States	92	0.9	552	4.3	7		0.8	490	11.5	1	!	0.3	‡	†
Minnesota, United States	95	1.2	535	4.2	4		1.1	488	15.7	1		0.2	‡	†

Ontario, Canada	90	1.3	518	3.2	9		1.1	515	14.3	1	!	0.3	‡	†
Quebec, Canada	91	1.2	529	3.3	7		0.9	522	10.7	2		0.4	‡	†

— Not available.

† Not applicable.

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution. (Estimates are unstable.)

‡ Reporting standards not met. Too few observations to provide reliable estimates.

¹Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.

NOTE: Background data provided by students. Morocco participated in TIMSS 2007 but did not satisfy guidelines for sample participation rates and is therefore not shown. The International average is the average of the jurisdiction averages but does not include the Benchmarking jurisdictions. Benchmarking jurisdictions are subnational entities that followed the same international guidelines as countries to participate in TIMSS. Apparent differences may not be statistically significant. Standard error is noted by s.e. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: Data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2007. Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., and Foy, P. (2008). TIMSS 2007 International Mathematics Report: Findings from IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the Fourth and Eighth Grades, exhibit 4.2. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College.