TIMSS - Physics at the End of High School: Percentiles

Physics at the End of High School: Percentiles

Table 58. Cut scores of TIMSS Advanced students at the 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles in physics, by education system: 2015
Education system	Physics coverage index¹	Percentile
		10th		25th		75th		90th
		Cut score	s.e.	Cut score	s.e.	Cut score	s.e.	Cut score	s.e.
Percentile cut score is higher than the U.S. percentile cut score at the .05 level of statistical significance. Percentile cut score is lower than the U.S. percentile cut score 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 sample participation rates. NOTE: 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.
France	21.5	258	6.4	311	5.9	434	4.5	490	5.2
Italy	18.2	206	12.4	286	10.0	465	6.8	533	5.9
Lebanon²	3.9	290	7.2	348	4.8	476	6.0	526	8.3
Norway	6.5	377	10.0	443	6.8	577	5.0	632	5.9
Portugal	5.1	361	5.6	412	6.5	522	6.5	573	6.7
Russian Federation	4.9	348	9.3	427	8.1	592	8.5	657	11.1
Slovenia	7.6	408	8.1	468	6.2	596	5.9	655	7.9
Sweden	14.3	295	9.2	380	8.3	537	5.7	600	6.0
United States²	4.8	283	15.6	357	13.0	522	9.9	589	10.0