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International Comparisons of Mathematics Literacy
Table S17-3.  Standard errors for the average combined mathematics literacy scores of 15-year-old students, by percentile and country: 2003

Country 5th 10th 25th 75th 90th 95th 90th–10th
difference

    OECD average 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.3
OECD countries              
  Australia 4.4 3.4 2.8 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.6
  Austria 6.6 4.4 4.0 4.2 4.0 5.0 5.9
  Belgium 6.5 4.6 3.4 2.5 2.4 2.4 5.2
  Canada 3.1 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.6 3.4 3.6
  Czech Republic 6.3 5.7 4.6 4.0 4.4 4.9 7.2
  Denmark 4.4 4.5 3.7 3.1 3.7 4.7 5.8
  Finland 3.8 2.8 2.2 2.3 2.8 3.1 4.0
  France 6.0 5.6 3.7 3.0 3.6 3.5 6.6
  Germany 6.1 5.7 4.7 3.5 3.5 3.6 6.6
  Greece 5.4 5.1 4.6 4.3 5.3 5.1 7.3
  Hungary 5.6 4.2 3.0 3.9 4.7 4.6 6.3
  Iceland 4.1 2.7 2.8 2.0 3.0 3.8 4.1
  Ireland 4.7 3.2 3.4 3.0 3.6 3.3 4.8
  Italy 6.4 5.9 4.3 3.0 3.6 3.7 6.9
  Japan 8.2 6.3 5.4 4.4 6.1 6.6 8.8
  Korea, Republic of 4.6 4.5 3.7 4.2 5.4 6.8 7.0
  Luxembourg 3.9 2.7 2.2 1.9 3.2 2.7 4.2
  Mexico 5.4 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.7 5.7 6.6
  Netherlands 6.9 5.8 5.4 3.8 3.2 3.4 6.7
  New Zealand 4.1 3.9 2.9 2.2 3.2 2.9 5.0
  Norway 4.0 3.4 2.9 3.3 3.6 3.9 4.9
  Poland 5.8 3.6 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.5 4.9
  Portugal 6.3 5.3 5.0 3.5 3.3 3.7 6.2
  Slovak Republic 6.9 5.8 4.6 3.8 3.5 4.1 6.8
  Spain 5.1 3.5 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.7 5.0
  Sweden 5.3 4.4 3.0 3.2 3.8 4.8 5.8
  Switzerland 4.8 4.2 3.6 4.9 5.2 6.8 6.7
  Turkey 5.8 5.0 5.3 8.5 14.2 22.8 15.1
  United States 4.9 4.6 3.7 3.4 3.9 5.1 6.0
Non-OECD countries              
  Hong Kong-China 11.1 8.0 6.9 3.7 4.1 4.0 9.0
  Indonesia 5.2 4.8 3.5 4.8 6.5 7.7 8.1
  Latvia 5.9 5.1 3.9 4.7 4.4 5.0 6.8
  Liechtenstein 19.7 9.8 7.6 7.9 9.5 16.4 13.6
  Macao-China 8.8 6.0 4.4 4.0 5.5 8.3 8.1
  Russian Federation 5.5 5.0 4.8 5.0 5.3 6.1 7.2
  Serbia and Montenegro 4.4 4.5 4.0 4.8 5.1 5.3 6.7
  Thailand 4.0 3.1 2.9 3.8 4.7 6.4 5.6
  Tunisia 3.8 3.5 2.6 3.6 4.8 6.8 5.9
  Uruguay 4.3 3.8 4.1 3.8 4.4 4.7 5.8
  United Kingdom 4.9 4.1 3.2 3.2 3.6 4.8 5.4

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), table B-4. Data from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2003.

 
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