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Mathematics and Science Achievement of Eighth-Graders in 1999

In 1999, U.S. eighth-graders exceeded the international average of 38 nations in mathematics and science.
In 1999, the United States was one of 34 participating nations in which eighth-grade boys and girls performed similarly in mathematics. The United States was one of 16 participating nations in which eighth-grade boys outperformed eighth-grade girls in science.

Mathematics		Science
Nation	Average	Nation	Average
Singapore	604	Chinese Taipei	569
Korea, Republic of	587	Singapore	568
Chinese Taipei	585	Hungary	552
Hong Kong SAR	582	Japan	550
Japan	579	Korea, Republic of	549
Belgium-Flemish	558	Netherlands	545
Netherlands	540	Australia	540
Slovak Republic	534	Czech Republic	539
Hungary	532	England	538
Canada	531	Finland	535
Slovenia	530	Slovak Republic	535
Russian Federation	526	Belgium-Flemish	535
Australia	525	Slovenia	533
Finland	520	Canada	533
Czech Republic	520	Hong Kong SAR	530
Malaysia	519	Russian Federation	529
Bulgaria	511	Bulgaria	518
Latvia-LSS	505	United States	515
United States	502	New Zealand	510
England	496	Latvia-LSS	503
New Zealand	491	Italy	493
Lithuania	482	Malaysia	492
Italy	479	Lithuania	488
Cyprus	476	Thailand	482
Romania	472	Romania	472
Moldova	469	Israel	468
Thailand	467	Cyprus	460
Israel	466	Moldova	459
Tunisia	448	Macedonia, Republic of	458
Macedonia, Republic of	447	Jordan	450
Turkey	429	Iran, Islamic Republic of	448
Jordan	428	Indonesia	435
Iran, Islamic Republic of	422	Turkey	433
Indonesia	403	Tunisia	430
Chile	392	Chile	420
Philippines	345	Philippines	345
Morocco	337	Morocco	323
South Africa	275	South Africa	243
Average is significantly higher than the U.S. average
Average does not differ significantly from the U.S. average
Average is significantly lower than the U.S. average

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