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International Comparisons of Mathematics Literacy
Table S17-1.  Standard errors for the average combined mathematics literacy, subscales, and problem-solving scores of 15-year-old students, by country: 2003

    Mathematics subscales
Country Combined
mathematics
literacy
Space and
shape
Change and
relationships
Quantity Uncertainty Problem-
solving

    OECD average 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
OECD countries            
  Australia 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.0
  Austria 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.2
  Belgium 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2
  Canada 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7
  Czech Republic 3.5 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.4
  Denmark 2.7 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.5
  Finland 1.9 2.0 2.2 1.8 2.1 1.9
  France 2.5 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.7
  Germany 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2
  Greece 3.9 3.8 4.3 4.0 3.5 4.0
  Hungary 2.8 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.9
  Iceland 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4
  Ireland 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.3
  Italy 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.0 3.1
  Japan 4.0 4.3 4.3 3.8 3.9 4.1
  Korea, Republic of 3.2 3.8 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.1
  Luxembourg 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4
  Mexico 3.6 3.2 4.1 3.9 3.3 4.3
  Netherlands 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0
  New Zealand 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.2
  Norway 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.6 2.6
  Poland 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.8
  Portugal 3.4 3.4 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.9
  Slovak Republic 3.3 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.4
  Spain 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.7
  Sweden 2.6 2.6 2.9 2.5 2.7 2.4
  Switzerland 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.1 3.3 3.0
  Turkey 6.7 6.3 7.6 6.8 6.2 6.0
  United States 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.1
Non-OECD countries            
  Hong Kong-China 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.2 4.6 4.2
  Indonesia 3.9 3.7 4.6 4.3 2.9 3.3
  Latvia 3.7 4.0 4.4 3.6 3.3 3.9
  Liechtenstein 4.1 4.6 3.7 4.1 3.7 3.9
  Macao-China 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.0 3.2 2.5
  Russian Federation 4.2 4.7 4.6 4.0 4.0 4.6
  Serbia and Montenegro 3.8 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.3
  Thailand 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.1 2.5 2.7
  Tunisia 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.3 2.1
  Uruguay 3.3 3.0 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.7
  United Kingdom 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2004). International Outcomes of Learning in Mathematics Literacy and Problem Solving: PISA 2003 Results From the U.S. Perspective (NCES 2005-003), tables B-3 and B-12. Data from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2003.

 
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