Twelfth Grade Results
MATHEMATICS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ACHIEVEMENT
| NATIONS WITH AVERAGE SCORES SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE U.S. | |
| NATION | AVERAGE |
| (NETHERLANDS) | 560 |
| SWEDEN | 552 |
| (DENMARK) | 547 |
| SWITZERLAND | 540 |
| (ICELAND) | 534 |
| (NORWAY) | 528 |
| (FRANCE) | 523 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 522 |
| (AUSTRALIA) | 522 |
| (CANADA) | 519 |
| (AUSTRIA) | 518 |
| (SLOVENIA) | 512 |
| (GERMANY) | 495 |
| HUNGARY | 483 |
| NATIONS WITH AVERAGE SCORES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE U.S. | |
| NATION | AVERAGE |
| (ITALY) | 476 |
| (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) | 471 |
| (LITHUANIA) | 469 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 466 |
| (UNITED STATES) | 461 |
| NATIONS WITH AVERAGE SCORES SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE U.S. | |
| NATION | AVERAGE |
| (CYPRUS) | 446 |
| (SOUTH AFRICA) | 356 |
INTERNATIONAL AVERAGE= 500
SOURCE: Mullis et al. (1998). Mathematics and Science Achievement in the Final Year of Secondary School. Table 2.1. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College.
NOTES:
Nations not meeting international sampling and other guidelines are shown in parentheses.
SCIENCE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ACHIEVEMENT
| NATIONS WITH AVERAGE SCORES SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE U.S. | |
| NATION | AVERAGE |
| SWEDEN | 559 |
| (NETHERLANDS) | 558 |
| (ICELAND) | 549 |
| (NORWAY) | 544 |
| (CANADA) | 532 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 529 |
| (AUSTRALIA) | 527 |
| SWITZERLAND | 523 |
| (AUSTRIA) | 520 |
| (SLOVENIA) | 517 |
| (DENMARK) | 509 |
| NATIONS WITH AVERAGE SCORES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE U.S. | |
| NATION | AVERAGE |
| (GERMANY) | 497 |
| (FRANCE) | 487 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 487 |
| (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) | 481 |
| (UNITED STATES) | 480 |
| (ITALY) | 475 |
| HUNGARY | 471 |
| (LITHUANIA) | 469 |
| NATIONS WITH AVERAGE SCORES SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE U.S. | |
| NATION | AVERAGE |
| (CYPRUS) | 448 |
| (SOUTH AFRICA) | 356 |
INTERNATIONAL AVERAGE= 500
SOURCE: Mullis et al. (1998). Mathematics and Science Achievement in the Final Year of Secondary School. Table 2.2. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College.
NOTES:
Nations not meeting international sampling and other guidelines are shown in parentheses.
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