IEA: Percentage distribution and average mathematics achievement of eighth-grade students as reported in TIMSS, by books in the home and country: 2007

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IEA: Percentage distribution and average mathematics achievement of eighth-grade students as reported in TIMSS, by books in the home and country: 2007

Country	More than 200 books								101-200 books								26-100 books								11-25 books								0-10 books
	2007 percent of students		Average achievement		Difference in percent from 2003				2007 percent of students		Average achievement		Difference in percent from 2003				2007 percent of students		Average achievement		Difference in percent from 2003				2007 percent of students		Average achievement		Difference in percent from 2003				2007 percent of students		Average achievement		Difference in percent from 2003
	Percent	s.e.	Score	s.e.	Percent		s.e.		Percent	s.e.	Score	s.e.	Percent		s.e.		Percent	s.e.	Score	s.e.	Percent		s.e.		Percent	s.e.	Score	s.e.	Percent		s.e.		Percent	s.e.	Score	s.e.	Percent		s.e.
International Avg.	12	0.1	486	1.0	—		†		12	0.1	481	0.9	—		†		27	0.1	464	0.6	—		†		29	0.1	436	0.6	—		†		20	0.2	413	0.8	—		†
Algeria	2	0.3	‡	†	—		†		4	0.3	395	5.6	—		†		17	0.8	398	2.7	—		†		41	0.8	386	2.8	—		†		36	1.2	382	2.5	—		†
Armenia	19	0.9	511	3.8	‡		†		13	0.7	511	6.1	#		†		28	1.0	503	4.7	#		†		24	1.0	487	4.9	#		†		16	0.9	485	7.1	#		†
Australia	22	1.1	532	5.9	-9		1.8	▼	22	0.8	516	4.7	‡		†		32	1.1	492	4.4	‡		†		15	1.0	464	4.9	4	!	1.2	∆	9	0.6	438	5.5	4		0.8	∆
Bahrain	11	0.5	409	4.3	-6		0.7	▼	13	0.6	428	4.3	‡		†		32	0.7	411	2.7	‡		†		27	0.8	381	2.8	‡		†		17	0.7	375	4.0	6		0.8	∆
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.3	500	8.5	—		†		4	0.4	487	7.5	—		†		22	0.8	475	3.4	—		†		45	1.0	454	2.9	—		†		26	1.0	435	3.8	—		†

Botswana	6	0.4	376	6.8	‡		†		5	0.4	376	6.9	#		†		14	0.7	383	4.9	‡		†		37	1.0	364	2.5	7		1.3	∆	39	0.8	358	3.0	-10		1.5	▼
Bulgaria	23	1.0	504	5.6	-6		1.7	▼	15	0.7	497	5.7	-3	!	1.1	▼	24	0.9	474	5.0	‡		†		16	0.9	444	7.1	‡		†		22	1.4	410	9.7	8		2.1	∆
Chinese Taipei	18	1.2	649	4.9	‡		†		13	0.7	636	5.1	‡		†		31	0.9	611	4.3	‡		†		21	0.9	577	5.6	-3	!	1.2	▼	17	1.1	518	5.8	#		†
Colombia	3	0.3	443	10.4	—		†		4	0.5	429	9.4	—		†		20	1.2	406	3.9	—		†		35	1.1	383	4.4	—		†		37	1.9	351	3.3	—		†
Cyprus	13	0.6	490	4.1	2	!	0.8	∆	17	0.7	499	3.4	‡		†		34	0.6	474	2.4	‡		†		25	0.7	444	3.1	‡		†		10	0.5	407	4.9	‡		†

Czech Republic	12	0.6	543	4.3	—		†		21	0.8	527	3.2	—		†		40	0.8	506	2.4	—		†		20	0.7	469	3.4	—		†		7	0.5	451	5.5	—		†
Egypt	5	0.4	386	9.1	‡		†		5	0.4	417	8.9	‡		†		21	0.7	411	4.8	4		1.0	∆	38	0.9	390	4.3	#		†		31	1.1	381	4.8	‡		†
El Salvador	3	0.4	348	9.9	—		†		4	0.5	380	11.7	—		†		16	0.8	367	4.7	—		†		32	1.0	348	3.6	—		†		44	1.4	322	3.1	—		†
England	18	1.0	568	5.8	-7		1.5	▼	18	0.9	536	5.6	#		†		28	0.9	521	4.9	‡		†		21	0.9	485	5.3	4	!	1.3	∆	15	1.0	452	6.4	‡		†
Georgia	20	1.5	443	6.0	—		†		15	0.9	436	8.2	—		†		27	1.0	410	7.8	—		†		25	1.3	389	8.8	—		†		13	1.4	375	8.6	—		†

Ghana	6	0.5	315	10.1	-4		0.8	▼	4	0.4	314	10.9	-2	!	0.6	▼	13	0.7	328	6.8	-3	!	1.0	▼	39	1.3	306	4.4	5	!	1.6	∆	38	1.7	308	5.6	‡		†
Hong Kong SAR	10	0.6	610	6.7	‡		†		9	0.5	598	6.4	‡		†		26	1.0	591	5.8	‡		†		30	0.8	568	6.3	‡		†		26	1.0	537	7.4	‡		†
Hungary	26	1.1	560	4.3	-5	!	1.6	▼	21	0.7	538	4.4	‡		†		30	0.9	510	3.5	‡		†		15	0.9	469	4.5	‡		†		7	0.6	431	7.5	3	!	0.9	∆
Indonesia	1	0.2	‡	†	#		†		2	0.3	‡	†	#		†		17	0.8	425	6.2	-3	!	1.1	▼	55	1.2	389	3.8	10		1.5	∆	25	1.3	393	5.4	-7		1.6	▼
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	6	0.5	445	9.5	‡		†		5	0.5	453	10.0	#		†		16	1.1	442	6.2	‡		†		30	1.2	402	5.1	‡		†		43	1.8	379	3.9	4	!	2.2

Israel	21	1.1	493	5.5	‡		†		19	0.8	485	5.3	-3	!	1.1	▼	31	1.0	466	4.7	‡		†		20	1.0	440	5.0	3	!	1.3		9	0.6	417	9.4	3		0.8	∆
Italy	22	1.2	505	3.5	‡		†		16	0.7	498	4.4	2	!	0.9	∆	28	0.8	482	3.0	3	!	1.0	∆	23	0.8	458	4.3	-6		1.1	▼	11	0.6	439	6.3	-2	!	0.9	▼
Japan	16	0.8	604	4.6	‡		†		16	0.8	588	3.9	#		†		32	0.8	577	3.3	#		†		21	0.7	551	4.0	#		†		15	0.8	526	4.4	‡		†
Jordan	9	0.6	463	6.7	#		†		10	0.6	453	7.5	2	!	0.7	∆	29	0.8	444	4.5	‡		†		35	0.9	417	5.1	‡		†		17	0.9	395	7.5	-6		1.2	▼
Korea, Rep. of	26	1.0	643	3.6	7		1.3	∆	25	0.7	613	2.9	3	!	1.0	∆	29	0.8	584	3.0	-4		1	▼	11	0.6	548	4.9	#		†		9	0.6	528	4.6	-6		0.9	▼

Kuwait	10	0.5	354	5.5	—		†		9	0.4	373	5.2	—		†		24	0.7	367	3.6	—		†		30	0.8	354	3.6	—		†		27	0.9	341	3.7	—		†
Lebanon	10	0.7	464	7.6	2	!	0.9	∆	10	0.6	473	6.1	‡		†		28	1.1	466	5.2	‡		†		30	1.1	442	4.8	-6		1.6	▼	22	1.3	425	4.4	‡		†
Lithuania	10	0.6	544	4.2	‡		†		13	0.5	544	4.2	-2	!	0.8	▼	33	0.8	520	3.0	‡		†		32	1.0	483	3.1	‡		†		12	0.9	458	6.1	‡		†
Malaysia	5	0.6	532	9.0	#		†		9	0.7	510	6.0	‡		†		29	0.8	493	5.2	#		†		38	1.0	460	4.6	‡		†		19	1.0	439	5.7	‡		†
Malta	19	0.5	519	3.3	—		†		19	0.5	516	3.0	—		†		37	0.7	491	2.4	—		†		18	0.6	460	3.6	—		†		8	0.3	401	4.2	—		†

Morocco	‡	†	‡	†	‡		†		‡	†	‡	†	‡		†		‡	†	‡	†	‡		†		‡	†	‡	†	‡		†		‡	†	‡	†	‡		†
Norway	25	0.9	493	2.9	‡		†		20	0.7	482	2.3	‡		†		30	0.7	471	2.7	-3	!	1.1	▼	17	0.8	443	3.4	6		1.0	∆	7	0.5	415	3.9	‡		†
Oman	9	0.7	395	6.7	—		†		11	0.8	399	5.3	—		†		28	1.0	394	4.1	—		†		31	0.9	366	4.0	—		†		21	1.0	338	4.6	—		†
Palestinian Nat'l Auth.	7	0.6	380	9.0	#		†		7	0.4	398	7.6	#		†		23	0.9	386	4.7	‡		†		35	1.0	369	4.3	‡		†		29	1.2	349	4.7	‡		†
Qatar	16	0.5	317	3.9	—		†		13	0.4	329	3.5	—		†		27	0.6	326	2.4	—		†		25	0.5	295	2.3	—		†		19	0.5	275	2.8	—		†

Romania	9	0.7	524	6.4	-3	!	1.4	▼	11	0.6	513	7.2	‡		†		30	1.1	485	3.9	‡		†		33	1.1	442	5.9	7		1.7	∆	17	1.1	398	6.2	‡		†
Russian Federation	16	0.8	540	5.9	-6		1.5	▼	21	0.8	533	4.7	-5		1.3	▼	37	0.9	511	5.0	4	!	1.6	∆	22	0.8	484	5.1	5		1.3	∆	5	0.6	467	9.7	‡		†
Saudi Arabia	8	0.8	342	6.0	—		†		7	0.6	358	6.3	—		†		25	1.0	348	4.8	—		†		32	0.9	328	4.0	—		†		27	1.1	306	4.7	—		†
Scotland	15	0.8	540	5.7	-3	!	1.3	▼	14	0.7	527	4.6	‡		†		25	0.8	499	3.6	-4	!	1.2	▼	24	0.9	469	4.1	3	!	1.3	∆	22	1.1	439	4.5	6		1.4	∆
Serbia	8	0.6	532	6.3	2	!	0.8		9	0.6	520	6.8	#		†		26	0.9	514	3.9	#		†		39	1.3	470	3.6	‡		†		18	1.0	443	5.0	‡		†

Singapore	14	0.6	636	3.6	‡		†		15	0.6	625	3.9	‡		†		32	0.8	607	3.8	‡		†		24	0.8	568	5.0	#		†		16	0.8	536	6.6	4		1.0	∆
Slovenia	11	0.6	535	4.1	‡		†		15	0.7	529	3.9	#		†		37	0.9	509	2.4	#		†		29	0.9	479	3.1	3	!	1.2	∆	7	0.5	449	4.5	#		†
Sweden	26	1.0	521	2.8	-5	!	1.6	▼	20	0.7	502	3.0	‡		†		29	0.8	486	2.8	‡		†		16	0.7	468	3.0	‡		†		8	0.5	442	5.1	2	!	0.7	∆
Syrian Arab Republic	5	0.4	401	8.1	—		†		7	0.4	409	6.7	—		†		22	0.8	409	4.3	—		†		39	0.8	393	4.1	—		†		27	1.1	386	4.8	—		†
Thailand	3	0.5	538	14.5	—		†		4	0.4	506	13.4	—		†		21	1.0	471	7.0	—		†		42	1.2	434	4.3	—		†		30	1.5	413	5.5	—		†

Tunisia	3	0.3	461	8.0	‡		†		5	0.5	477	6.3	‡		†		21	1.0	441	3.3	‡		†		41	1.0	412	2.5	‡		†		30	1.4	406	3.0	7		1.8	∆
Turkey	5	0.5	494	10.8	—		†		9	0.6	497	7.9	—		†		23	0.9	467	5.4	—		†		37	1.0	427	4.9	—		†		26	1.5	378	4.1	—		†
Ukraine	12	0.9	500	7.0	—		†		16	0.7	489	4.5	—		†		35	0.9	472	3.8	—		†		30	1.1	435	4.3	—		†		7	0.5	406	7.3	—		†
United States	18	0.8	546	3.4	-6		1.2	▼	17	0.6	538	3.3	‡		†		28	0.7	515	2.4	‡		†		20	0.7	482	3.0	2	!	0.9	∆	17	0.9	461	3.6	4		1.0	∆
Benchmarking Participants
Basque Country, Spain	26	1.3	527	3.9	‡		†		22	1.1	510	3.4	‡		†		33	1.3	493	3.8	‡		†		15	1.0	468	5.3	‡		†		5	0.6	429	8.1	#		†
British Columbia, Canada	24	1.0	531	3.7	—		†		21	0.8	519	3.5	—		†		31	0.8	513	3.3	—		†		15	0.8	485	6.2	—		†		9	0.6	460	5.9	—		†
Dubai, UAE	11	0.9	501	6.6	—		†		14	0.9	500	5.1	—		†		29	0.9	481	3.0	—		†		29	1.4	445	3.8	—		†		17	0.9	414	4.9	—		†
Massachusetts, US	26	2.0	587	5.3	—		†		19	1.1	564	4.1	—		†		27	1.5	551	5.1	—		†		15	0.7	509	6.1	—		†		12	1.0	478	9.6	—		†
Minnesota, US	23	1.9	560	6.1	—		†		21	1.5	551	5.4	—		†		30	1.6	528	3.9	—		†		16	1.1	511	7.5	—		†		10	0.9	483	6.4	—		†

Ontario, Canada	23	1.3	544	3.8	-5	!	2.0	▼	22	1.0	528	4.0	‡		†		31	0.9	517	3.6	‡		†		16	1.0	489	4.9	3	!	1.3	∆	8	0.9	474	10.7	‡		†
Quebec, Canada	12	0.9	567	7.6	‡		†		13	0.7	553	6.1	-3	!	1.1	▼	32	1.0	533	3.6	‡		†		26	1.0	515	3.6	‡		†		18	0.8	501	3.0	3	!	1.1	∆
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution, estimates are unstable. The coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to .3 but less than .5.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Either data are insufficient to report achievement or the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to .5.
∆ 2007 percent significantly higher at the p<0.05 level.
▼ 2007 percent significantly lower at the p<0.05 level.
NOTE: Background data provided by students. Standard error is noted by s.e. Detail may not sum to total due to 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 4.4. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College.

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