Table S12. Standard errors for the average science scores of 8th-grade students, by country: 2003
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| Country |
Grade 8 |
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| International average |
0.5 |
| Armenia |
3.5 |
| Australia |
3.8 |
| Bahrain |
1.8 |
| Belgium-Flemish |
2.5 |
| Botswana |
2.8 |
| Bulgaria |
5.2 |
| Chile |
2.9 |
| Chinese Taipei |
3.5 |
| Cyprus |
2.0 |
| Egypt |
3.9 |
| Estonia |
2.5 |
| Ghana |
5.9 |
| Hong Kong SAR |
3.0 |
| Hungary |
2.8 |
| Indonesia |
4.1 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of |
2.3 |
| Israel |
3.1 |
| Italy |
3.1 |
| Japan |
1.7 |
| Jordan |
3.8 |
| Korea, Republic of |
1.6 |
| Latvia |
2.6 |
| Lebanon |
4.3 |
| Lithuania |
2.1 |
| Macedonia, Republic of |
3.6 |
| Malaysia |
3.7 |
| Moldova, Republic of |
3.4 |
| Morocco |
2.5 |
| Netherlands |
3.1 |
| New Zealand |
5.0 |
| Norway |
2.2 |
| Palestinian National Authority |
3.2 |
| Philippines |
5.8 |
| Romania |
4.9 |
| Russian Federation |
3.7 |
| Saudi Arabia |
4.0 |
| Scotland |
3.4 |
| Serbia |
2.5 |
| Singapore |
4.3 |
| Slovak Republic |
3.2 |
| Slovenia |
1.8 |
| South Africa |
6.7 |
| Sweden |
2.7 |
| Tunisia |
2.1 |
| United States |
3.1 |
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2004).Highlights From the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 (NCES 2005–005), table C2. Data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), TIMSS 1995, 1999, and 2003 assessments.
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