IEA: Percentage distribution and average achievement scores of fourth-grade science students as reported in TIMSS, by where computer is used and country: 2007

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IEA: Percentage distribution and average achievement scores of fourth-grade science students as reported in TIMSS, by where computer is used and country: 2007

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	Use computer both at home and at school								Use computer at home but not at school								Use computer at school but not at home								Use computer only at places other than home and school								Do not use computer at all
	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
Country	Percent	s.e.	Scores	s.e.	Percent		s.e.		Percent	s.e.	Scores	s.e.	Percent		s.e.		Percent	s.e.	Scores	s.e.	Percent		s.e.		Percent		s.e.	Scores	s.e.	Percent	s.e.		Percent		s.e.	Scores	s.e.	Percent		s.e.
International average	38	0.2	484	1.4	†		†		31	0.2	478	0.9	†		†		9	0.2	452	1.6	†		†		5		0.1	439	2.1	†	†		17		0.2	445	1.6	†		†

Chinese Taipei	84	0.7	562	2.1	‡		†		8	0.4	532	6.1	‡		†		7	0.5	529	6.3	-5		0.9	▼	1		0.1	‡	†	#	†		1		0.1	‡	†	#		†
Scotland	79	1.0	506	2.2	‡		†		12	0.7	487	5.2	5		1.0	∆	7	0.5	467	6.4	-6		0.9	▼	1		0.2	‡	†	#	†		1		0.2	‡	†	-1	!	0.3
Australia	79	1.4	537	3.6	‡		†		13	1.2	506	6.1	7		1.5	∆	7	0.6	480	9.0	-4	!	1.2	▼	1		0.2	‡	†	-1	0.3		1		0.2	‡	†	#		†
England	78	1.0	550	3.0	‡		†		13	0.9	525	4.8	6		1.1	∆	7	0.6	490	6.7	-4		1.0	▼	1		0.2	‡	†	#	†		1		0.2	‡	†	#		†
Hong Kong SAR¹	78	1.1	560	3.5	‡		†		16	0.8	536	5.1	7		1.2	∆	4	0.4	540	7.8	-8		1.0	▼	1		0.2	‡	†	-1	0.3		2		0.3	‡	†	‡		†

Netherlands	77	1.3	528	3.1	‡		†		16	1.3	510	4.1	‡		†		3	0.3	503	8.7	‡		†		#		†	‡	†	#	†		4		0.5	502	7.1	#		†
Denmark	75	1.4	521	2.9	—		†		21	1.3	513	5.9	—		†		3	0.4	492	10.9	—		†		1		0.2	‡	†	—	†		1		0.2	‡	†	—		†
Singapore	67	1.1	603	3.8	-4	!	1.7	▼	22	0.8	572	5.3	5		1.3	∆	7	0.5	526	8.1	#		†		1		0.2	‡	†	#	†		2		0.2	‡	†	#		†
New Zealand	66	1.0	518	2.5	-5	!	1.5	▼	20	0.9	496	5.0	8		1.2	∆	10	0.5	452	6.3	-2	!	0.9	▼	2		0.2	‡	†	-1	0.4		2		0.2	‡	†	#		†
Kuwait	61	1.6	363	4.8	—		†		23	1.2	348	7.2	—		†		11	0.7	315	8.9	—		†		2		0.2	‡	†	—	†		3		0.5	360	15.9	—		†

Norway	59	1.8	485	3.8	‡		†		34	1.7	472	4.1	6	!	2.4	∆	3	0.3	456	9.4	-2	!	0.6	▼	1		0.1	‡	†	-1	0.4		2		0.3	‡	†	-3		0.7	▼
United States	58	1.0	550	2.8	-16		1.5	▼	26	1.0	536	3.8	14		1.4	∆	10	0.5	499	3.9	‡		†		3		0.2	516	5.7	1	0.3		3		0.3	528	6.7	1	!	0.3
Sweden	53	2.0	530	2.9	—		†		42	2.0	520	3.7	—		†		3	0.3	517	10.3	—		†		1		0.1	‡	†	—	†		2		0.3	‡	†	—		†
Japan	47	1.4	563	2.2	-8		1.8	▼	19	1.2	545	3.3	10		1.4	∆	26	1.0	534	2.6	-5		1.4	▼	2		0.3	‡	†	#	†		6		0.6	511	7.1	2	!	0.7	∆
Czech Republic	44	2.5	526	4.0	—		†		46	2.4	512	3.8	—		†		6	0.7	480	7.2	—		†		3		0.3	493	8.6	—	†		2		0.2	‡	†	—		†

Qatar	44	0.6	302	3.4	—		†		38	0.6	312	2.8	—		†		11	0.3	256	6.6	—		†		3		0.2	266	12.3	—	†		4		0.2	313	8.4	—		†
Italy	37	1.4	552	3.4	7	!	2.3	∆	24	1.3	532	4.0	-14		2.3	▼	5	0.4	527	7.5	-6		1.0	▼	1		0.1	‡	†	-8	0.6	▼	33		1.0	520	4.3	21		1.2	∆
Hungary	33	2.0	548	5.0	9	!	2.9	∆	49	2.1	543	3.9	6	!	2.9	∆	7	0.8	490	9.2	‡		†		4		0.6	508	7.7	-8	1.0	▼	7		0.5	518	8.3	-5		1.0	▼
Germany	30	1.5	536	4.5	—		†		55	1.5	531	2.8	—		†		3	0.3	479	10.2	—		†		1		0.2	‡	†	—	†		11		0.6	532	5.6	—		†
Slovak Republic	30	1.7	547	5.4	—		†		46	1.7	529	4.4	—		†		13	1.0	504	6.8	—		†		4		0.6	507	7.8	—	†		7		1.0	500	14.0	—		†

Slovenia	28	1.5	527	3.1	‡		†		64	1.4	519	2.2	18		2.4	∆	2	0.3	‡	†	-3		0.7	▼	1		0.1	‡	†	-4	0.6	▼	4		0.4	494	7.1	-7		1.0	▼
Austria	27	1.5	534	3.5	—		†		56	1.6	525	2.8	—		†		4	0.3	497	7.3	—		†		1		0.2	‡	†	—	†		12		0.8	527	4.5	—		†
Tunisia	18	1.4	330	11.7	11		1.6	∆	28	1.5	355	7.9	‡		†		23	2.1	316	9.2	16		2.3	∆	6		0.6	352	10.2	-9	1.2	▼	25		2.6	294	9.1	-21		3.4	▼
Colombia	15	1.0	422	11.3	—		†		18	1.3	413	9.4	—		†		30	1.8	401	6.7	—		†		9		0.9	404	7.5	—	†		28		1.9	387	6.4	—		†
Kazakhstan	14	1.9	547	9.8	—		†		22	2.0	531	6.6	—		†		26	2.6	530	8.3	—		†		12		1.4	532	6.7	—	†		26		3.4	537	7.2	—		†

Latvia	14	1.2	546	6.0	4	!	1.8	∆	61	1.6	548	2.7	34		2.3	∆	8	1.0	516	8.2	-9		2.3	▼	10		0.8	538	5.3	-14	2.0	▼	7		0.7	532	6.1	-16		2.0	▼
Morocco²	13	2.2	311	26.0	‡		†		25	1.5	323	5.7	#		†		6	0.7	268	12.6	‡		†		9		0.7	332	8.6	-6	1.4	▼	46		2.4	286	8.2	9	!	4.0	∆
Lithuania	13	1.2	514	5.5	‡		†		64	1.7	520	2.4	29		2.2	∆	7	0.9	488	7.1	-11		1.8	▼	8		0.7	518	4.4	-15	1.3	▼	7		0.6	502	4.7	-6		1.2	▼
El Salvador	11	1.3	416	13.0	—		†		20	1.2	397	5.7	—		†		17	1.6	404	6.7	—		†		12		0.9	405	6.8	—	†		40		2.4	382	5.1	—		†
Russian Federation	11	1.4	569	7.5	7		1.5	∆	45	2.2	554	4.2	25		2.4	∆	12	1.7	538	14.1	‡		†		14		0.9	545	5.3	-16	1.6	▼	19		2.0	529	8.8	-16		2.6	▼

Yemen²	9	0.9	189	11.1	—		†		23	1.7	211	9.6	—		†		9	0.9	183	12.5	—		†		4		0.5	189	13.8	—	†		55		3.0	203	9.8	—		†
Algeria	8	1.1	309	22.6	—		†		25	1.7	366	7.4	—		†		4	0.5	310	18.5	—		†		7		1.0	349	15.0	—	†		55		2.5	359	5.8	—		†
Armenia	7	0.8	467	11.9	2	!	0.9		44	1.9	473	5.4	14		2.3	∆	15	1.6	504	10.9	6	!	2.0	∆	12		0.9	504	13.3	-12	1.4	▼	21		1.5	500	9.5	-10		2.1	▼
Ukraine	6	0.7	491	7.8	—		†		34	1.3	491	3.8	—		†		8	1.2	470	6.6	—		†		12		0.8	494	4.8	—	†		40		1.4	459	4.6	—		†
Georgia	6	0.6	380	10.1	—		†		37	1.8	410	4.8	—		†		6	0.9	403	10.7	—		†		10		1.0	436	8.0	—	†		42		2.3	437	6.1	—		†

Iran, Islamic Rep. of	2	0.5	‡	†	‡		†		19	1.3	501	4.6	8		1.9	∆	1	0.2	‡	†	-2		0.5	▼	4		0.5	457	9.9	-4	1.1	▼	75		1.7	415	4.6	‡		†

Benchmarking Participants
Alberta, Canada	77	1.2	549	3.7	—		†		13	0.9	523	5.5	—		†		7	0.5	519	7.1	—		†		1		0.2	‡	†	—	†		1		0.2	‡	†	—		†
Ontario, Canada	73	1.6	541	3.6	‡		†		20	1.5	529	6.0	7	!	2.2	∆	5	0.6	511	13.3	-2	!	0.8	▼	1	!	0.3	‡	†	#	†		1		0.2	‡	†	#		†
British Columbia, Canada	72	1.4	544	2.8	—		†		19	1.2	527	4.4	—		†		6	0.5	508	7.4	—		†		1		0.2	‡	†	—	†		1	!	0.3	‡	†	—		†
Minnesota, US	66	1.8	559	5.3	—		†		22	1.9	549	9.6	—		†		8	1.0	506	9.4	—		†		2		0.3	‡	†	—	†		2		0.3	‡	†	—		†
Quebec, Canada	66	1.7	523	2.8	-10		2.2	▼	26	1.5	511	4.4	14		1.9	∆	5	0.6	482	6.7	-4		1.0	▼	1	!	0.3	‡	†	#	†		2		0.3	‡	†	1	!	0.4

Dubai, UAE	63	1.6	481	3.3	—		†		29	1.2	451	5.1	—		†		6	0.7	401	15.7	—		†		1		0.2	‡	†	—	†		1		0.2	‡	†	—		†
Massachusetts, US	62	2.4	578	5.1	—		†		31	2.4	567	4.1	—		†		4	0.8	511	11.3	—		†		2		0.3	‡	†	—	†		1	!	0.3	‡	†	—		†
† 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.
▼ 2007 percent significantly lower.
¹Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.
²Data are available for at least 70 but less than 85 percent of students.
NOTE: Differences are significant at the p<0.05 level. 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 Science Report: Findings from IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the Fourth and Eighth Grades, exhibit 4.6. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College