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NATIONS' AVERAGE MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO THE THE U.S.

INTERNATIONAL AVERAGE= 529

SOURCE: Mullis et al. (1996) Mathematics Achievement in the Primary School Years. Table 1.1. Boston College: Chestnut Hill, MA.

NOTES:

1. Nations not meeting international guidelines are shown in parentheses.
2. Nations in which more than ten percent of the population was excluded from testing are shown with a ^*. Latvia is designated LSS because only Latvian-speaking schools were tested, which represents less than 65 percent of the population.
3. Nations in which a participation rate of 75 percent of the schools and students combined was achieved only after replacements for refusals were substituted, are shown with a ^O .
4. The international average is the average of the national averages of the 26 nations.

NATIONS' AVERAGE SCIENCE PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO THE THE U.S.

INTERNATIONAL AVERAGE= 524

SOURCE: Mullis et al. (1996) Science Achievement in the Primary School Years. Table 1.1. Boston College: Chestnut Hill, MA.

NOTES:

1. Nations not meeting international guidelines are shown in parentheses.
2. Nations in which more than ten percent of the population was excluded from testing are shown with a ^*. Latvia is designated LSS because only Latvian-speaking schools were tested, which represents less than 65 percent of the population.
3. Nations in which a participation rate of 75 percent of the schools and students combined was achieved only after replacements for refusals were substituted, are shown with a ^O .
4. The international average is the average of the national averages of the 26 nations.

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