IEA: Percentage of fourth-grade students and their average TIMSS science scores, by students' reports of parents born in the country: 2007

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Table D.2.06a.	IEA: Percentage of fourth-grade students and their average TIMSS science scores, by students' reports of parents born in the country: 2007

Jurisdiction	Both parents born in country				Only one parent born in country				Neither parent born in country
Jurisdiction	Percent	s.e.	Average score	s.e.	Percent	s.e.	Average score	s.e.	Percent		s.e.	Average score	s.e.
International average	77	0.2	482	0.7	13	0.1	462	1.2	10		0.1	452	1.5

Algeria	67	1.9	363	7.1	20	1.1	332	7.6	13		1.1	349	8.4
Armenia	77	1.5	485	4.4	19	1.3	509	19.7	5		0.4	468	14.4
Australia	57	1.7	527	2.8	21	0.9	526	4.9	21		1.4	533	5.9
Austria	73	1.0	541	2.6	11	0.6	514	4.7	16		0.8	467	4.0
Chinese Taipei	88	0.6	564	1.9	7	0.5	520	5.4	5		0.4	496	6.2

Colombia	73	1.3	410	5.3	13	0.8	379	8.5	14		0.8	398	5.5
Czech Republic	90	0.6	517	3.1	7	0.5	507	6.0	3		0.3	477	11.4
Denmark	82	1.3	525	2.8	8	0.6	513	5.0	10		1.2	463	8.2
El Salvador	78	0.9	398	3.6	14	0.7	363	5.8	8		0.6	382	7.7
England	74	1.5	548	2.9	16	0.9	540	4.6	11		1.0	505	6.2

Georgia	84	1.1	428	4.4	8	0.6	383	8.5	8		0.7	384	8.6
Germany	70	1.4	548	2.2	12	0.7	505	4.9	17		1.0	476	3.9
Hong Kong SAR¹	48	1.8	554	4.2	24	0.9	548	3.9	28		1.4	562	4.5
Hungary	91	0.6	541	3.2	6	0.5	499	11.7	3		0.3	514	11.3
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	92	1.0	437	4.3	4	0.5	421	9.4	4		0.8	442	10.0

Italy	87	0.6	538	3.4	8	0.5	516	5.7	5		0.4	512	7.2
Japan	96	0.4	550	2.0	3	0.3	517	9.0	1		0.2	‡	†
Kazakhstan	84	1.4	533	6.2	8	0.6	535	7.5	9		1.3	531	9.5
Kuwait	65	1.6	358	4.6	22	1.1	320	6.5	13		1.0	390	11.2
Latvia	85	0.9	546	2.1	12	0.7	528	4.9	3		0.4	504	10.3

Lithuania	91	0.7	516	2.3	7	0.6	499	6.4	1	!	0.3	‡	†
Morocco	76	1.6	305	6.9	17	1.1	281	9.2	7		0.8	306	9.2
Netherlands	77	1.4	533	2.8	11	0.8	515	5.0	12		1.1	478	6.9
New Zealand²	60	1.2	507	2.4	20	0.7	506	5.2	21		1.0	499	4.7
Norway	85	0.8	484	3.4	10	0.7	466	6.6	5		0.5	434	8.4

Qatar	49	0.6	287	3.3	26	0.6	279	3.9	25		0.5	347	3.3
Russian Federation	81	1.1	551	4.8	10	0.6	542	6.9	8		0.8	509	7.6
Scotland	84	0.7	505	2.4	11	0.6	491	4.4	5		0.4	456	8.7
Singapore	63	0.8	587	4.4	20	0.7	587	4.7	16		0.6	587	6.2
Slovak Republic	87	0.9	534	3.9	8	0.7	493	11.0	6		0.5	477	8.7

Slovenia	78	1.1	525	2.2	10	0.7	503	4.3	12		0.8	491	4.7
Sweden	74	1.8	535	2.7	12	0.5	524	3.6	14		1.7	475	5.0
Tunisia	79	1.4	331	6.2	16	1.2	286	9.9	6		0.6	323	13.5
Ukraine	76	1.1	480	3.4	15	0.7	470	4.5	8		0.9	443	6.1
United States	70	*1.1*	551	*2.4*	13	*0.5*	517	*4.9*	17		*1.0*	509	*5.1*

Yemen	71	1.8	206	8.0	22	1.4	189	8.0	7		0.9	195	17.1

Benchmarking jurisdictions
Alberta, Canada	62	2.1	551	4.1	15	0.8	538	4.6	23		1.8	526	5.8
British Columbia, Canada	51	2.4	542	3.2	18	0.9	542	4.2	31		2.5	529	5.1
Dubai, UAE²	17	0.6	409	6.0	11	0.8	411	10.3	72		1.0	490	3.4
Massachusetts, United States	73	1.9	579	3.6	13	0.7	564	8.2	14		1.7	541	10.8
Minnesota, United States	75	3.4	566	4.7	9	0.8	526	9.8	15		3.3	503	13.0

Ontario, Canada	52	2.0	539	4.7	17	0.8	535	5.8	30		2.1	533	5.1
Quebec, Canada	75	2.0	525	2.6	10	0.7	503	4.6	15		1.8	493	4.8

† Not applicable.

! 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.

²Data are available for at least 70 percent but less than 85 percent of the students.

NOTE: Background data provided by students. 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 Science Report: Findings from IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the Fourth and Eighth Grades, exhibit 4.3. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College.