TIMSS - Physics at the End of High School: International Benchmarks

Physics at the End of High School: International Benchmarks

TIMSS 2015 Results

Figure 16. Percentage of TIMSS Advanced students reaching the TIMSS Advanced international benchmarks in physics, by education system: 2015
Education system	Physics coverage index¹	Percentage of students reaching each international benchmark
Education system	Physics coverage index¹	Advanced (625)		s.e.	High (550)		s.e.	Intermediate (475)		s.e.
† Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. *p < .05. Percentage is significantly different from the U.S. percentage at the same benchmark at the .05 level of statistical significance. ¹ The physics coverage index is the percentage of the corresponding age cohort covered by students in their final year of secondary school who have taken or are taking physics courses. The corresponding age cohort is determined for education systems individually. In the United States, the corresponding age cohort is considered 18-year-olds. For additional details, see the Technical Notes available at http://nces.ed.gov/timss/timss15technotes.asp. ² Did not satisfy guidelines for sampling participation rates. NOTE: Education systems are ordered by the percentage of students reaching the Advanced international benchmark. The international median represents all participating TIMSS Advanced education systems, including the United States. Standard error is abbreviated as s.e. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Advanced, 2015.
Slovenia	7.6	17	*	1.4	43	*	1.5	73	*	1.6
Russian Federation	4.9	16	*	2.2	38	*	2.5	62	*	2.2
Norway	6.5	11	*	0.9	35	*	1.9	64	*	2.0
Sweden	14.3	6		0.8	21		1.6	46		2.3
United States²	4.8	5		0.9	18		2.1	39		3.3
Portugal	5.1	3	*	0.7	16		1.6	46		3.0
Italy	18.2	1	*	0.4	7	*	0.8	22	*	1.6
Lebanon²	3.9	1	*	0.4	6	*	0.8	25	*	1.9
France	21.5	#	*	†	2	*	0.4	13	*	1.1
International median	†	5		0.0	18		0.0	46	*	0.0