IEA: Average TIMSS mathematics scores and standard errors of Table B.1.12a. fourth-grade students, by sex and country: 2007

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Table B.1.12a.

IEA: Average TIMSS mathematics scores and standard errors of Table B.1.12a. fourth-grade students, by sex and country: 2007

† Not applicable.
Country	Total
	Male			Female			Male—female difference
	Average score		s.e.	Average score		s.e.	Score difference		s.e.
Colombia	364	*	5.5	347		5.2	17		3.9
Italy	514	*	3.6	499		3.2	15		2.5
Austria	512	*	2.3	498		2.5	14		2.6
Germany	531	*	2.5	519		2.5	12		2.1
Netherlands¹	540	*	2.4	530		2.7	10		2.7

El Salvador	334		5.5	325		4.6	9		5.8
Scotland²	499	*	2.8	490		2.6	9		3.1
Norway	477	*	3.0	470		3.2	7		3.6
Denmark²	526		3.2	520		2.9	7		3.7
Slovak Republic	499	*	4.7	493		4.6	6	!	2.7

Sweden	506	*	3.1	499		2.4	6	!	2.4
Czech Republic	489	*	3.0	483		3.3	6	!	2.8
United States^2,3	532	*	2.7	526		2.7	6	!	2.4
Australia	519		3.6	513		4.2	‡		†
Slovenia	504	*	2.1	499		2.4	‡		†

Hong Kong SAR⁴	609		4.4	605		3.2	‡		†
Hungary	511		3.8	508		4.6	‡		†
Morocco	343		5.4	339		5.0	‡		†
Chinese Taipei	577		2.0	575		2.0	‡		†
New Zealand	493		3.1	492		2.4	‡		†

Japan	568		2.7	568		2.5	#		†
England	542		3.6	541		3.2	#		†
Lithuania⁵	530		3.2	530		2.8	#		†
Ukraine	469		3.4	469		3.3	#		†
Latvia⁵	536		3.0	539		2.9	‡		†

Georgia⁵	437		4.9	440		4.2	‡		†
Algeria	375		5.2	380		5.9	‡		†
Singapore	596		4.1	603	*	3.8	-6	!	2.7
Russian Federation	540		4.9	548	*	5.5	-7	!	3.6
Kazakhstan⁵	545		7.9	553	*	6.7	-8	!	3.7

Armenia	495		3.7	504	*	5.7	-9	!	4.1
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	396		5.5	409		5.2	‡		†
Tunisia	319		5.0	337	*	4.7	-18		4.1
Yemen	214		6.6	236	*	8.0	-22	!	8.4
Qatar	285		2.1	307	*	2.0	-22		3.6

Kuwait⁶	297		6.2	333	*	4.3	-37		7.6
# 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.
*p <05. Average score is significantly higher than other sex's average score.
¹Nearly satisfied guidelines for sample participation rates only after substitute schools were included.
²Met guidelines for sample participation rates only after substitute schools were included.
³National Defined Population covered 90 percent to 95 percent of National Target Population.
⁴Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.
⁵National Target Population did not include all of the International Target Population defined by the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
⁶Kuwait tested the same cohort of students as other countries, but later in 2007, at the beginning of the next school year.
NOTE: Countries are ordered by male-female difference. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard error is noted by s.e.
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 1.5. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College.