Average mathematics scale scores of fourth-grade students, by country: 2003

Percentage of 4th-grade students reaching the TIMSS international benchmarks in mathematics, by education system: 2011

TIMSS Results 2003

Table 1. Average mathematics scale scores of fourth-grade students, by country: 2003

Country	Average Score
International Average	495
Singapore	594
Hong Kong SAR^1,2	575
Japan	565
Chinese Taipei	564
Belgium-Flemish	551
Netherlands²	540
Latvia	536
Lithuania³	534
Russian Federation	532
England²	531
Hungary	529
United States²	518
Cyprus	510
Moldova, Republic of	504
Italy	503
Australia²	499
New Zealand	493
Scotland²	490
Slovenia	479
Armenia	456
Norway	451
Iran, Islamic Republic of	389
Philippines	358
Morocco	347
Tunisia	339
Average is higher than the U.S. average. Average is not measurably different from the. Average is lower than the U.S. average

¹ Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.
² Met international guidelines for participation rates in 2003 only after replacement schools were included.
³ National desired population does not cover all of the international desired population.
NOTE: Countries are ordered by 2003 average score. The test for significance between the United States and the international average was adjusted to account for the U.S. contribution to the international average. Countries were required to sample students in the upper of the two grades that contained the largest number of 9-year-olds. In the United States and most countries, this corresponds to grade 4. See table A1 in appendix A for details.
SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2003.

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