Advanced Students: Twelfth Grade Results
AVERAGE ADVANCE MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE OF ADVANCED MATHEMATICS STUDENTS
| NATIONS WITH AVERAGE SCORES SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE U.S. | |
| NATION | AVERAGE |
| FRANCE | 557 |
| (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) | 542 |
| SWITZERLAND | 533 |
| (AUSTRALIA) | 525 |
| (DENMARK) | 522 |
| (CYPRUS) | 518 |
| (LITHUANIA) | 516 |
| GREECE | 513 |
| SWEDEN | 512 |
| (CANADA) | 509 |
| (SLOVENIA) | 475 |
| NATIONS WITH AVERAGE SCORES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE U.S. | |
| NATION | AVERAGE |
| (ITALY) | 474 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 469 |
| (GERMANY) | 465 |
| (UNITED STATES) | 442 |
| (AUSTRIA) | 436 |
| NATIONS WITH AVERAGE SCORES SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE U.S. | |
| NATION | AVERAGE |
| NONE | |
INTERNATIONAL AVERAGE= 501
SOURCE: Mullis et al. (1998). Mathematics and Science Achievement in the Final Year of Secondary School. Table 5.1. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College.
NOTES:
Nations not meeting international sampling and other guidelines are shown in parentheses.
AVERAGE PHYSICS PERFORMANCE OF ADVANCED SCIENCE STUDENTS
| NATIONS WITH AVERAGE SCORES SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE U.S. | |
| NATION | AVERAGE |
| NORWAY | 581 |
| SWEDEN | 573 |
| (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) | 545 |
| (DENMARK) | 534 |
| (SLOVENIA) | 523 |
| (GERMANY) | 522 |
| (AUSTRALIA) | 518 |
| (CYPRUS) | 494 |
| (LATVIA) | 488 |
| SWITZERLAND | 488 |
| GREECE | 486 |
| (CANADA) | 485 |
| FRANCE | 466 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 451 |
| NATIONS WITH AVERAGE SCORES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE U.S. | |
| NATION | AVERAGE |
| (AUSTRIA) | 435 |
| (UNITED STATES) | 423 |
| NATIONS WITH AVERAGE SCORES SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE U.S. | |
| NATION | AVERAGE |
| NONE | |
INTERNATIONAL AVERAGE= 501
SOURCE: Mullis et al. (1998). Mathematics and Science Achievement in the Final Year of Secondary School. Table 8.1. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College.
NOTES:
Nations not meeting international sampling and other guidelines are shown in parentheses.
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