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

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Table B.1.12b.

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

! Interpret data with caution, estimates are unstable. The coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to .3 but less than .5.
Country	Total
	Male			Female			Male—female difference
	Average score		s.e.	Average score		s.e.	Score difference		s.e.
Colombia	396	*	4.1	364		4.2	32		4.3
Ghana	319	*	4.4	297		5.0	22		3.6
Tunisia	431	*	2.7	410		2.8	21		2.4
El Salvador	351	*	3.6	331		3.8	21		4.9
Syrian Arab Republic	403	*	5.1	387		4.3	16	!	5.6

Australia	504	*	5.4	488		5.5	15		7.7
Lebanon	456	*	4.7	443		4.1	13		3.6
Italy	483		3.5	477		3.3	‡		†
England¹	516		6.1	511		5.0	‡		†
Algeria	389	*	2.2	384		2.4	5	!	1.8

Japan	572		3.2	568		3.2	‡		†
Korea, Rep. of	599		3.1	595		3.3	‡		†
United States^1,2	510		3.1	507		3.0	‡		†
Scotland¹	489		4.4	486		3.8	‡		†
Slovenia	503		2.6	500		2.7	‡		†

Hungary	517		3.7	517		4.1	‡		†
Malta	488		1.7	488		1.5	#		†
Turkey	432		5.0	432		5.3	‡		†
Chinese Taipei	598		5.3	599		4.6	‡		†
Bosnia and Herzegovina	455		2.8	456		3.1	‡		†

Czech Republic	503		2.8	505		2.5	‡		†
Israel³	462		4.9	465		4.6	‡		†
Sweden	490		2.5	493		2.6	‡		†
Norway	467		2.6	471		2.1	‡		†
Indonesia	395		4.4	399		4.1	‡		†

Armenia	497		3.5	501		4.4	‡		†
Georgia⁴	408		6.7	412		5.9	‡		†
Russian Federation	509		4.7	514		4.3	‡		†
Ukraine	459		3.9	465		3.9	‡		†
Serbia^2,4	483		4.0	489		3.6	‡		†

Lithuania⁴	502		2.3	509	*	3.0	-7	!	2.6
Iran, Islamic Rep.	400		6.1	407		5.3	‡		†
Malaysia	468		5.3	479	*	5.6	-11	!	4.4
Hong Kong SAR^1,5	567		8.0	578		5.0	‡		†
Egypt	384		4.6	397	*	5.0	-13	!	6.4

Bulgaria	456		6.3	471	*	4.6	-15	!	5.0
Singapore	586		4.6	600	*	4.1	-15		4.4
Botswana	355		3.2	371	*	2.4	-15		3.3
Romania	452		4.6	470	*	4.2	-18		3.3
Cyprus	455		2.4	476	*	2.2	-20		3.2

Jordan	417		5.6	438	*	6.4	-20	!	8.8
Kuwait⁶	342		4.0	364	*	2.7	-22		4.8
Saudi Arabia	319		4.0	341	*	3.6	-23		5.0
Thailand	430		5.5	453	*	5.3	-23		4.7
Bahrain	382		2.6	414	*	2.2	-32		3.6

Palestinian Nat'l Auth.	349		5.4	385	*	4.2	-36		6.5
Qatar	288		2.0	325	*	2.1	-38		2.9
Oman	344		5.0	399	*	3.6	-54		5.6
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
‡ 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.
¹Met guidelines for sample participation rates only after substitute schools were included.
²National Defined Population covered 90 percent to 95 percent of National Target Population.
³National Defined Population covered less than 90 percent of National Target Population (but at least 77 percent).
⁴National Target Population did not include all of the International Target Population defined by the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
⁵Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.
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.