| Table 1-6 |
| Average science performance
of 4th graders, 8th graders, and 15-year-olds for all participating
OECD and/or G-8 countries, relative to U.S. average: 2003 |
| |
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| Country |
TIMSS |
|
PISA |
|
|
|
| 4th grade |
8th grade |
|
15-year-olds |
|
| Australia |
▼ |
• |
|
▲ |
| Austria |
na |
na |
|
• |
| Belgium |
▼ |
▼ |
|
▲ |
| Canada |
na |
na |
|
▲ |
| Czech Republic |
na |
na |
|
▲ |
| Denmark |
na |
na |
|
▼ |
| Englanda |
▲ |
na |
|
na |
| Finland |
na |
na |
|
▲ |
| France |
na |
na |
|
▲ |
| Germany |
na |
na |
|
▲ |
| Greece |
na |
na |
|
▼ |
| Hungary |
• |
▲ |
|
▲ |
| Iceland |
na |
na |
|
• |
| Italy |
▼ |
▼ |
|
• |
| Japan |
▲ |
▲ |
|
▲ |
| Luxembourg |
na |
na |
|
▼ |
| Mexico |
na |
na |
|
▼ |
| Netherlands |
▼ |
• |
|
▲ |
| New Zealand |
▼ |
• |
|
▲ |
| Norway |
▼ |
▼ |
|
• |
| Poland |
na |
na |
|
• |
| Portugal |
na |
na |
|
▼ |
| Russian Federation |
• |
▼ |
|
• |
| Scotlanda |
▼ |
▼ |
|
na |
| Slovak Republic |
na |
▼ |
|
• |
| South Korea |
na |
▲ |
|
▲ |
| Spain |
na |
na |
|
• |
| Sweden |
na |
• |
|
▲ |
| Switzerland |
na |
na |
|
▲ |
| Turkey |
na |
na |
|
▼ |
|
|
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▲ = score is higher
than U.S. score; • = score is equivalent to U.S. score; ▼ =
score is lower than the U.S. score; na = nonparticipation in assessment
OECD
= Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; PISA
= Programme for International Student Assessment; TIMSS = Trends
in International Mathematics and Science Survey
aParticipated separately
in TIMSS 2003 at both grade levels but jointly as United Kingdom
(including Northern Ireland) in PISA 2003. However, England did
not meet response rate standards for grade 8 in TIMSS 2003 or for
United Kingdom in PISA 2003.
SOURCES: Data from OECD, PISA 2003;
and International Association for the Evaluation of Educational
Achievement, TIMSS 2003. See appendix tables 1-11, 1-12, and 1-14.
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