Suggested Citation: Provasnik, S., Kastberg, D., Ferraro, D., Lemanski, N., Roey, S., and Jenkins, F. (2012). Highlights From TIMSS 2011: Mathematics and Science Achievement of U.S. Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Students in an International Context (NCES 2013-009). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
Table 1. Average mathematics scores of 8th-grade students in Colorado public schools compared with other participating education systems: 2011 | |
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Education systems higher than Colorado | |
Korea, Rep. of | Massachusetts-USA |
Singapore | Minnesota-USA |
Chinese Taipei-CHN | Russian Federation |
Hong Kong-CHN | North Carolina-USA |
Japan | Quebec-CAN |
Education systems not measurably different from Colorado | |
Indiana-USA | Ontario-CAN |
Connecticut-USA | United States |
Israel | England-GBR |
Finland | Australia |
Florida-USA | |
Education systems lower than Colorado | |
Alberta-CAN | Abu Dhabi-UAE |
Hungary | Malaysia |
Slovenia | Georgia |
Lithuania | Thailand |
Italy | Macedonia, Rep. of |
California-USA | Tunisia |
New Zealand | Chile |
Kazakhstan | Iran, Islamic Rep. of |
Sweden | Qatar |
Ukraine | Bahrain |
Dubai-UAE | Jordan |
Norway | Palestinian Nat'l Auth. |
Armenia | Saudi Arabia |
Alabama-USA | Indonesia |
Romania | Syrian Arab Republic |
United Arab Emirates | Morocco |
Turkey | Oman |
Lebanon | Ghana |
SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2011. |
Table 2. Average mathematics scores in grade 8 for selected student groups in public schools in Colorado: 2011 | ||
Reporting groups | Average score | |
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TIMSS scale average | 500 | |
U.S. average | 509 | * |
Colorado average | 518 | * |
Sex | ||
Female | 516 | * |
Male | 520 | * |
Race/ethnicity | ||
White | 544 | * |
Black | 487 | |
Hispanic | 480 | * |
Asian | 545 | * |
Multiracial | 522 | |
Percentage of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | ||
Less than 10 percent | 507 | |
10 to 24.9 percent | 547 | * |
25 to 49.9 percent | 534 | * |
50 to 74.9 percent | 491 | |
75 percent or more | 460 | * |
*p<.05. Difference between score and TIMSS scale average is significant. NOTE: Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. Racial categories exclude Hispanic origin. Not all race/ethnicity categories are shown, but they are all included in the U.S. and state totals shown throughout the report. The standard errors of the estimates are shown in table E-13 available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfor.asp?pubid=2013009. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2011. |