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| Table 602.33b. | Average science score and percentage of eighth-graders, by science teachers' reports of student access to computers and frequency of computer use during science lessons and country or other education system: 2015 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country or other education system1 | Total, all eighth-graders | Student access to computers (including tablets) to use during science lessons | Among students who have computers (including tablets) available, frequency of computer use during science lessons2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No computers are available to students during lessons | Computers are available to students during lessons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total, all students who have computers available3 | Each student has a computer | Class has computers that students can share | School has computers that the class can use sometimes | Every day or almost every day | Once or twice a week | Once or twice a month | Never or almost never | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Average science score4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International average5 | 492 | (0.6) | 489 | (0.8) | 498 | (1.0) | 507 | (2.7) | 499 | (2.5) | 498 | (1.6) | 501 | (2.8) | 497 | (1.6) | 500 | (1.8) | 486 | (5.5) | |||||||
| Australia | 512 | (2.7) | 509 | (5.1) | 519 | (3.0) | 523 | (3.6) | 519 | (6.6) | 508 | (5.6) | 531 | (6.7) | 515 | (4.5) | 520 | (5.4) | 416 | (40.4) | |||||||
| Bahrain | 466 | (2.2) | 467 | (3.3) | 463 | (4.9) | 505 | (10.3) | 443 | (11.2) | 461 | (6.3) | 496 | (10.9) | 453 | (7.9) | 454 | (8.0) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Canada6,7,8 | 526 | (2.2) | 521 | (3.6) | 531 | (2.6) | 532 | (6.8) | 529 | (4.5) | 532 | (4.1) | 536 | (7.1) | 531 | (4.9) | 529 | (4.3) | 544 | (6.6) | |||||||
| Chile | 454 | (3.1) | 454 | (5.4) | 459 | (5.3) | 452 | (9.0) | 460 | (9.9) | 468 | (7.2) | 443 | (16.1) | 453 | (11.6) | 466 | (6.7) | 465 | (17.5) | |||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 569 | (2.1) | 566 | (2.8) | 574 | (4.1) | 556 | (22.3) | 574 | (6.0) | 578 | (6.3) | 545 | (28.1) | 573 | (8.3) | 578 | (5.5) | 573 | (10.3) | |||||||
| Egypt | 371 | (4.3) | 362 | (6.7) | 377 | (5.7) | 395 | (51.7) | 364 | (15.1) | 379 | (6.5) | 372 | (15.5) | 372 | (7.7) | 389 | (8.3) | 388 | (39.1) | |||||||
| England (United Kingdom) | 537 | (3.8) | 534 | (6.3) | 543 | (5.8) | 528 | (10.9) | 544 | (10.7) | 550 | (7.3) | 522 | (14.3) | 537 | (13.2) | 546 | (6.3) | 547 | (19.2) | |||||||
| Georgia7,9 | 443 | (3.1) | 440 | (4.5) | 446 | (3.2) | 454 | (6.1) | 453 | (5.5) | 441 | (3.8) | 448 | (5.0) | 448 | (4.2) | 440 | (5.3) | 455 | (25.0) | |||||||
| Hong Kong (China) | 546 | (3.9) | 542 | (4.6) | 555 | (8.9) | 583 | (22.3) | 546 | (10.0) | 552 | (14.8) | 567 | (20.6) | 536 | (10.2) | 563 | (10.5) | 520 | (8.5) | |||||||
| Hungary | 527 | (3.4) | 529 | (4.4) | 522 | (5.1) | 523 | (9.9) | 538 | (9.5) | 518 | (5.7) | 525 | (9.0) | 533 | (6.1) | 517 | (6.6) | 463 | (43.2) | |||||||
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 456 | (4.0) | 443 | (6.0) | 477 | (5.3) | ‡ | (†) | 489 | (11.4) | 471 | (6.2) | 500 | (12.3) | 475 | (7.3) | 467 | (13.3) | 460 | (7.2) | |||||||
| Ireland | 530 | (2.8) | 538 | (3.3) | 533 | (4.3) | 538 | (6.5) | 545 | (10.5) | 529 | (6.6) | 530 | (20.2) | 522 | (7.8) | 531 | (7.1) | 548 | (6.0) | |||||||
| Israel10 | 508 | (3.9) | 499 | (5.3) | 522 | (7.5) | 537 | (14.8) | 545 | (8.8) | 494 | (13.1) | 516 | (13.9) | 519 | (14.7) | 525 | (12.7) | 558 | (7.0) | |||||||
| Italy9 | 499 | (2.4) | 498 | (3.7) | 499 | (4.2) | 500 | (17.7) | 494 | (6.1) | 507 | (7.4) | 494 | (19.7) | 493 | (8.5) | 505 | (4.6) | 481 | (48.1) | |||||||
| Japan | 571 | (1.8) | 570 | (3.2) | 571 | (3.0) | 566 | (5.2) | 585 | (6.9) | 568 | (3.5) | 575 | (8.1) | 578 | (9.4) | 577 | (6.1) | 567 | (3.4) | |||||||
| Jordan | 426 | (3.4) | 417 | (5.0) | 438 | (4.9) | 409 | (18.1) | 467 | (18.4) | 438 | (6.2) | 458 | (11.4) | 433 | (8.3) | 438 | (11.1) | 328 | (9.0) | |||||||
| Kazakhstan | 533 | (4.4) | 531 | (8.3) | 534 | (5.2) | 526 | (7.5) | 538 | (6.7) | 549 | (11.0) | 527 | (6.7) | 534 | (7.0) | 563 | (11.1) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 556 | (2.2) | 557 | (2.7) | 554 | (3.3) | 553 | (5.4) | 551 | (4.0) | 564 | (4.7) | 549 | (5.0) | 554 | (5.4) | 557 | (5.0) | 553 | (6.7) | |||||||
| Kuwait | 411 | (5.2) | 408 | (6.3) | 410 | (10.9) | 370 | (48.7) | 434 | (8.7) | 411 | (11.9) | 397 | (19.7) | 433 | (10.2) | 381 | (25.7) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Lebanon | 398 | (5.3) | 393 | (5.7) | 427 | (13.9) | 443 | (26.1) | 419 | (18.9) | 420 | (26.0) | 426 | (54.4) | 417 | (20.8) | 416 | (20.9) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Lithuania9 | 519 | (2.8) | 519 | (3.6) | 519 | (3.3) | 522 | (10.6) | 517 | (4.6) | 518 | (4.2) | 528 | (7.6) | 521 | (8.0) | 516 | (3.9) | 522 | (14.4) | |||||||
| Malaysia | 471 | (4.1) | 467 | (4.8) | 493 | (8.7) | 534 | (8.7) | 487 | (69.1) | 493 | (9.0) | 568 | (18.8) | 509 | (16.4) | 493 | (21.0) | 487 | (4.3) | |||||||
| Malta | 481 | (1.6) | 481 | (1.7) | 477 | (4.5) | 567 | (8.1) | 445 | (6.3) | 506 | (7.9) | 404 | (19.5) | 493 | (5.9) | 538 | (13.9) | 427 | (9.2) | |||||||
| Morocco | 393 | (2.5) | 391 | (2.5) | 401 | (5.2) | 489 | (12.0) | 398 | (8.9) | 401 | (5.7) | 405 | (10.5) | 405 | (10.5) | 400 | (6.3) | 381 | (7.7) | |||||||
| New Zealand8 | 513 | (3.1) | 514 | (7.3) | 517 | (4.7) | 537 | (10.6) | 515 | (11.8) | 509 | (6.4) | 531 | (14.8) | 522 | (7.5) | 506 | (6.6) | 541 | (19.1) | |||||||
| Norway11 | 509 | (2.8) | 508 | (4.7) | 511 | (3.7) | 507 | (5.6) | 514 | (7.0) | 514 | (5.6) | 511 | (27.2) | 510 | (6.0) | 513 | (4.6) | 509 | (12.2) | |||||||
| Oman | 455 | (2.7) | 455 | (3.1) | 458 | (6.2) | 448 | (11.8) | 452 | (9.0) | 469 | (9.1) | 454 | (7.7) | 458 | (13.1) | 469 | (10.9) | 432 | (73.8) | |||||||
| Qatar | 457 | (3.0) | 459 | (5.1) | 452 | (5.5) | 451 | (5.2) | 466 | (17.6) | 452 | (19.6) | 466 | (7.6) | 424 | (10.7) | 485 | (13.2) | 481 | (42.0) | |||||||
| Russian Federation | 544 | (4.2) | 539 | (6.3) | 547 | (4.6) | 554 | (7.0) | 545 | (7.8) | 546 | (4.3) | 554 | (6.1) | 549 | (5.9) | 544 | (5.3) | 518 | (9.0) | |||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 396 | (4.5) | 386 | (5.6) | 413 | (7.7) | 443 | (5.9) | 428 | (13.2) | 407 | (10.4) | 427 | (17.0) | 399 | (11.4) | 393 | (20.0) | 392 | (5.7) | |||||||
| Singapore9 | 597 | (3.2) | 602 | (4.4) | 592 | (4.9) | 605 | (8.2) | 571 | (13.5) | 584 | (9.7) | 614 | (28.6) | 606 | (9.2) | 582 | (8.1) | 601 | (11.9) | |||||||
| Slovenia | 551 | (2.4) | 551 | (2.6) | 551 | (3.4) | 556 | (8.7) | 547 | (4.1) | 551 | (3.4) | 545 | (7.6) | 561 | (8.9) | 548 | (3.4) | 549 | (8.5) | |||||||
| Sweden | 522 | (3.4) | 533 | (6.2) | 520 | (3.9) | 517 | (5.7) | 503 | (11.0) | 530 | (5.9) | 510 | (6.7) | 514 | (6.6) | 528 | (5.1) | 521 | (10.3) | |||||||
| Thailand | 456 | (4.2) | 445 | (5.8) | 468 | (6.4) | 470 | (8.2) | 467 | (13.9) | 461 | (19.5) | 482 | (20.5) | 462 | (8.4) | 471 | (9.2) | 418 | ! | (141.5) | ||||||
| Turkey | 493 | (4.0) | 480 | (4.4) | 528 | (6.9) | 534 | (15.3) | 535 | (10.4) | 523 | (11.4) | 550 | (14.5) | 525 | (7.2) | 511 | (13.2) | 507 | (3.7) | |||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 477 | (2.3) | 472 | (5.5) | 486 | (4.4) | 474 | (6.0) | 516 | (7.6) | 484 | (10.7) | 486 | (7.0) | 479 | (6.6) | 508 | (9.5) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| United States8 | 530 | (2.8) | 527 | (4.3) | 541 | (4.4) | 544 | (7.4) | 532 | (6.3) | 548 | (7.8) | 536 | (7.8) | 545 | (7.9) | 541 | (6.0) | 551 | (21.9) | |||||||
| Benchmarking education systems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) | 454 | (5.6) | 449 | (9.5) | 469 | (13.2) | 531 | (19.2) | 474 | (12.6) | 432 | (17.7) | 491 | (26.3) | 446 | (15.9) | 503 | (16.1) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Buenos Aires8 (Argentina) | 386 | (4.2) | 402 | (11.8) | 377 | (11.7) | 359 | (15.2) | 409 | (12.1) | 413 | (83.6) | 406 | (13.2) | 363 | (23.3) | 401 | (14.9) | 321 | (30.9) | |||||||
| Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | 525 | (2.0) | 515 | (4.7) | 528 | (3.7) | 515 | (6.4) | 546 | (6.0) | 531 | (6.7) | 527 | (6.3) | 529 | (8.3) | 531 | (6.6) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Florida7,12 (United States) | 508 | (6.0) | 527 | (10.3) | 509 | (14.9) | 521 | (26.3) | 516 | (26.1) | 481 | (13.3) | 536 | (31.5) | 501 | (17.2) | 507 | (21.8) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Ontario (Canada) | 524 | (2.5) | 519 | (4.8) | 529 | (3.0) | 527 | (10.7) | 525 | (4.9) | 534 | (4.8) | 532 | (9.5) | 527 | (5.7) | 527 | (4.5) | 547 | (4.6) | |||||||
| Quebec13 (Canada) | 530 | (4.4) | 522 | (5.7) | 541 | (5.9) | 539 | (6.8) | 535 | (8.6) | 538 | (10.7) | 540 | (9.8) | 551 | (13.1) | 538 | (8.5) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Percent of students | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International average5 | 100.0 | (†) | 56.1 | (0.53) | 43.9 | (0.53) | 11.8 | (0.36) | 12.0 | (0.37) | 18.9 | (0.42) | 18.6 | (0.73) | 36.3 | (0.91) | 37.6 | (0.92) | 7.4 | (0.48) | |||||||
| Australia | 100.0 | (†) | 33.6 | (3.00) | 66.4 | (3.00) | 38.3 | (3.16) | 11.9 | (2.04) | 15.9 | (1.99) | 19.3 | (2.28) | 47.7 | (3.63) | 31.9 | (3.62) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Bahrain | 100.0 | (†) | 64.4 | (2.10) | 35.6 | (2.10) | 3.9 | ! | (1.42) | 6.5 | (1.70) | 24.3 | (1.98) | 19.7 | (4.67) | 36.4 | (5.98) | 43.8 | (6.49) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| Canada6,7,8 | 100.0 | (†) | 42.0 | (2.64) | 58.0 | (2.64) | 11.7 | (2.23) | 24.8 | (3.19) | 20.9 | (3.07) | 14.9 | (2.69) | 43.3 | (4.88) | 37.8 | (4.27) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Chile | 100.0 | (†) | 44.4 | (4.23) | 55.6 | (4.23) | 20.7 | (3.13) | 18.9 | (3.86) | 14.9 | (2.51) | 13.1 | ! | (4.41) | 32.4 | (6.02) | 48.2 | (5.87) | 6.3 | ! | (3.00) | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 100.0 | (†) | 55.8 | (3.75) | 44.2 | (3.75) | 4.2 | ! | (1.63) | 24.6 | (3.07) | 14.2 | (2.69) | 4.9 | ! | (2.33) | 24.7 | (4.57) | 45.3 | (5.91) | 25.2 | (5.45) | |||||
| Egypt | 100.0 | (†) | 39.4 | (3.51) | 60.6 | (3.51) | ‡ | (†) | 5.1 | (1.40) | 52.8 | (3.51) | 21.5 | (4.39) | 52.9 | (5.11) | 24.2 | (4.05) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| England (United Kingdom) | 100.0 | (†) | 51.9 | (3.30) | 48.1 | (3.30) | 13.1 | (2.66) | 9.8 | (1.78) | 24.7 | (2.77) | 6.0 | ! | (2.23) | 21.7 | (3.97) | 67.3 | (4.52) | 5.0 | (1.31) | ||||||
| Georgia7,9 | 100.0 | (†) | 43.1 | (2.48) | 56.9 | (2.48) | 13.2 | (1.67) | 9.5 | (1.55) | 33.2 | (2.51) | 23.6 | (2.34) | 47.1 | (3.07) | 26.8 | (3.00) | 2.4 | ! | (0.94) | ||||||
| Hong Kong (China). | 100.0 | (†) | 78.7 | (3.61) | 21.3 | (3.61) | 4.1 | ! | (1.88) | 7.5 | ! | (2.29) | 8.7 | ! | (2.81) | 27.3 | ! | (9.20) | 22.4 | ! | (8.94) | 44.6 | (11.65) | ‡ | (†) | ||
| Hungary | 100.0 | (†) | 58.2 | (2.54) | 41.8 | (2.54) | 2.5 | (0.60) | 7.7 | (1.10) | 30.0 | (2.38) | 17.6 | (2.26) | 32.1 | (3.90) | 47.9 | (3.92) | 2.5 | ! | (1.00) | ||||||
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 100.0 | (†) | 61.5 | (3.86) | 38.5 | (3.86) | ‡ | (†) | 11.9 | (2.41) | 25.3 | (3.23) | 18.1 | (4.69) | 51.0 | (5.85) | 29.4 | (5.20) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Ireland | 100.0 | (†) | 73.7 | (3.09) | 26.3 | (3.09) | 6.1 | ! | (2.02) | 3.9 | ! | (1.31) | 14.9 | (2.41) | ‡ | (†) | 29.6 | (6.84) | 41.0 | (6.75) | 26.0 | (5.04) | |||||
| Israel10 | 100.0 | (†) | 59.3 | (3.35) | 40.7 | (3.35) | 8.2 | (2.02) | 16.5 | (2.33) | 14.9 | (2.42) | 26.0 | (4.40) | 32.4 | (4.29) | 39.0 | (4.57) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Italy9 | 100.0 | (†) | 51.9 | (3.91) | 48.1 | (3.91) | 3.8 | ! | (1.71) | 27.4 | (3.26) | 16.7 | (3.08) | 7.3 | ! | (3.17) | 34.0 | (4.58) | 53.6 | (4.92) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Japan | 100.0 | (†) | 44.5 | (4.16) | 55.5 | (4.16) | 12.2 | (2.78) | 12.7 | (2.39) | 29.6 | (3.31) | 6.6 | ! | (2.61) | 5.8 | ! | (2.67) | 34.5 | (5.09) | 53.1 | (5.54) | |||||
| Jordan | 100.0 | (†) | 55.5 | (3.98) | 44.5 | (3.98) | 5.6 | (1.59) | 5.3 | (1.47) | 32.7 | (3.95) | 20.6 | (4.35) | 51.1 | (5.66) | 26.5 | (5.11) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Kazakhstan | 100.0 | (†) | 25.6 | (3.03) | 74.4 | (3.03) | 34.9 | (3.53) | 30.5 | (3.07) | 7.2 | (1.13) | 40.2 | (3.15) | 50.2 | (3.10) | 9.5 | (1.67) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 100.0 | (†) | 49.6 | (3.92) | 50.4 | (3.92) | 5.1 | (1.37) | 22.5 | (3.15) | 15.2 | (2.89) | 13.1 | (3.52) | 26.0 | (4.56) | 33.4 | (5.46) | 27.5 | (5.22) | |||||||
| Kuwait | 100.0 | (†) | 62.2 | (4.29) | 37.8 | (4.29) | 6.7 | ! | (2.61) | 12.8 | (2.82) | 17.4 | (2.90) | 46.2 | (7.29) | 41.9 | (7.09) | 11.6 | ! | (4.33) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Lebanon | 100.0 | (†) | 88.1 | (2.56) | 11.9 | (2.56) | 3.7 | ! | (1.62) | 3.2 | ! | (1.51) | 5.0 | ! | (1.69) | ‡ | (†) | 37.1 | ! | (11.64) | 32.1 | ! | (11.54) | ‡ | (†) | ||
| Lithuania9 | 100.0 | (†) | 47.2 | (2.51) | 52.8 | (2.51) | 6.8 | (1.18) | 14.2 | (1.73) | 30.0 | (2.06) | 10.4 | (1.97) | 19.8 | (2.96) | 64.8 | (3.04) | 5.0 | (1.13) | |||||||
| Malaysia | 100.0 | (†) | 90.4 | (1.80) | 9.6 | (1.80) | 1.1 | ! | (0.57) | ‡ | (†) | 5.4 | (1.36) | ‡ | (†) | 26.0 | ! | (10.95) | 61.5 | (12.30) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Malta | 100.0 | (†) | 92.7 | (0.27) | 7.3 | (0.27) | 0.8 | (0.13) | 4.3 | (0.19) | 2.0 | (0.15) | 6.7 | (1.15) | 55.6 | (1.95) | 13.6 | (1.42) | 24.2 | (1.35) | |||||||
| Morocco | 100.0 | (†) | 76.9 | (2.15) | 23.1 | (2.15) | 0.9 | ! | (0.39) | 5.7 | (1.09) | 13.0 | (1.81) | 17.3 | (3.98) | 21.9 | (3.80) | 56.7 | (5.28) | 4.0 | ! | (1.54) | |||||
| New Zealand8 | 100.0 | (†) | 39.6 | (4.00) | 60.4 | (4.00) | 14.4 | (2.93) | 14.4 | (3.20) | 31.4 | (3.56) | 16.4 | (3.68) | 28.8 | (3.59) | 48.5 | (4.58) | 6.4 | ! | (2.47) | ||||||
| Norway11 | 100.0 | (†) | 46.7 | (4.11) | 53.3 | (4.11) | 18.9 | (3.63) | 9.7 | (2.66) | 24.7 | (3.49) | ‡ | (†) | 27.4 | (4.84) | 57.5 | (5.32) | 11.8 | ! | (4.16) | ||||||
| Oman | 100.0 | (†) | 85.1 | (2.17) | 14.9 | (2.17) | 2.9 | (0.66) | 4.8 | (1.30) | 6.2 | (1.57) | 44.2 | (6.32) | 38.0 | (8.92) | 15.9 | ! | (6.49) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| Qatar | 100.0 | (†) | 57.6 | (2.70) | 42.4 | (2.70) | 23.6 | (2.05) | 7.3 | (1.23) | 8.8 | (1.89) | 37.8 | (4.65) | 41.3 | (5.14) | 19.3 | (3.36) | 1.6 | (0.44) | |||||||
| Russian Federation | 100.0 | (†) | 36.3 | (2.24) | 63.7 | (2.24) | 9.6 | (1.65) | 22.3 | (2.29) | 30.8 | (2.44) | 16.7 | (2.23) | 45.2 | (3.03) | 35.6 | (4.32) | 2.6 | ! | (1.05) | ||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 100.0 | (†) | 61.9 | (4.08) | 38.1 | (4.08) | ‡ | (†) | 16.3 | (3.30) | 18.0 | (3.17) | 28.1 | (7.38) | 56.8 | (8.52) | 12.2 | ! | (4.69) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| Singapore9 | 100.0 | (†) | 48.2 | (2.32) | 51.8 | (2.32) | 25.6 | (2.10) | 8.4 | (1.43) | 17.5 | (2.16) | 3.8 | ! | (1.30) | 26.0 | (2.70) | 55.8 | (3.34) | 14.4 | (2.02) | ||||||
| Slovenia | 100.0 | (†) | 68.0 | (2.59) | 32.0 | (2.59) | 6.3 | (1.27) | 6.1 | (1.02) | 19.5 | (1.87) | 4.3 | ! | (1.43) | 24.0 | (3.72) | 67.4 | (4.17) | 4.2 | ! | (1.64) | |||||
| Sweden | 100.0 | (†) | 20.5 | (3.11) | 79.5 | (3.11) | 49.0 | (4.68) | 5.2 | ! | (1.58) | 25.4 | (3.60) | 9.7 | (2.58) | 37.0 | (3.83) | 48.0 | (4.12) | 5.2 | ! | (1.65) | |||||
| Thailand | 100.0 | (†) | 51.0 | (4.12) | 49.0 | (4.12) | 28.4 | (3.98) | 11.2 | (2.72) | 6.0 | ! | (1.89) | 16.4 | (3.92) | 49.8 | (5.29) | 33.1 | (5.37) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| Turkey | 100.0 | (†) | 69.5 | (3.42) | 30.5 | (3.42) | 1.9 | ! | (0.88) | 13.1 | (2.21) | 12.8 | (2.40) | 25.9 | (5.33) | 52.2 | (5.84) | 20.0 | (5.41) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 100.0 | (†) | 50.3 | (2.70) | 49.7 | (2.70) | 25.7 | (1.73) | 11.4 | (1.47) | 12.0 | (1.59) | 43.8 | (2.87) | 40.7 | (3.23) | 15.1 | (2.30) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| United States8 | 100.0 | (†) | 48.6 | (3.37) | 51.4 | (3.37) | 19.0 | (2.47) | 16.3 | (2.39) | 16.0 | (2.16) | 26.0 | (3.95) | 33.1 | (3.71) | 38.7 | (4.08) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Benchmarking education systems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) | 100.0 | (†) | 68.7 | (5.02) | 31.3 | (5.02) | 7.8 | ! | (3.04) | 10.2 | (2.86) | 12.3 | (3.06) | 37.4 | (8.36) | 48.3 | (7.96) | 14.4 | (3.75) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| Buenos Aires8 (Argentina) | 100.0 | (†) | 40.7 | (7.41) | 59.3 | (7.41) | 38.3 | (7.60) | 19.4 | ! | (5.97) | ‡ | (†) | 22.7 | ! | (7.95) | 41.8 | (10.12) | 27.4 | (7.57) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | 100.0 | (†) | 32.1 | (2.48) | 67.9 | (2.48) | 31.2 | (1.27) | 19.3 | (1.31) | 16.9 | (2.11) | 50.2 | (2.88) | 35.5 | (2.70) | 14.3 | (1.58) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Florida7,12 (United States) | 100.0 | (†) | 52.9 | (8.09) | 47.1 | (8.09) | 17.3 | ! | (6.44) | 18.1 | (5.33) | 11.8 | ! | (4.91) | 18.6 | ! | (7.80) | 55.6 | (10.54) | 25.9 | (7.07) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Ontario (Canada) | 100.0 | (†) | 24.6 | (3.94) | 75.4 | (3.94) | 12.9 | (3.10) | 35.6 | (4.65) | 26.9 | (4.91) | 12.9 | (2.93) | 42.9 | (5.79) | 39.6 | (5.30) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Quebec13 (Canada) | 100.0 | (†) | 74.5 | (4.12) | 25.5 | (4.12) | 9.9 | (2.56) | 5.4 | ! | (2.31) | 8.8 | (2.37) | 23.2 | (6.74) | 27.4 | ! | (8.24) | 46.0 | (9.11) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Most of the education systems represent complete countries, but some represent subnational entities; examples include two Canadian provinces (Ontario and Quebec), a component of the United Kingdom (England), the U.S. state of Florida, and a few individual cities (such as Abu Dhabi within the United Arab Emirates). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Teachers were asked how often they had students do the following five activities on computers during science lessons: practice skills and procedures; look up ideas and information; do science procedures or experiments; study natural phenomena through simulations; and process and analyze data. The overall frequency of computer use corresponds to the highest frequency reported for any one of these activities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 The total of all students who have computers available during lessons includes students for whom data on the specific type of computer access is missing. Their teachers indicated that computers were available to students during lessons, but either failed to answer the three follow-up questions about specific type of computer access or answered “No” to each of the three types of access. Among sampled students with computers available during science lessons, about 3 percent are missing data on the type of computer access; however, the percentage varies widely by country (from 0 to 28 percent). These students are included in the total shown in column 4, but are not included in columns 5 through 7. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000, with the scale centerpoint set at 500 and the standard deviation set at 100. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 The international average includes only education systems that are members of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), which develops and implements TIMSS at the international level. "Benchmarking" education systems are not members of the IEA and are therefore not included in the average. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Data for Canada include only students from the provinces of Manitoba, Newfoundland, Ontario, and Quebec. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 National Target Population does not include all of the International Target Population. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 Met guidelines for sample participation rates only after replacement schools were included. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 National Defined Population covers 90 to 95 percent of National Target Population. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 National Defined Population covers less than 90 percent of the National Target Population (but at least 77 percent). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 Norway collected data from students in their ninth year of schooling rather than in grade 8 because year 1 in Norway is considered the equivalent of kindergarten rather than the first year of primary school. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 U.S. state-level data are based on public school students only. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 Did not satisfy guidelines for sample participation rates. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Countries and other education systems were required to draw probability samples of students who were nearing the end of their eighth year of formal schooling (counting the first year of primary school as year 1), provided that the mean age at the time of testing was at least 13.5 years. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and missing data. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2015. (This table was prepared January 2017.) |
