How Does Your State Compare Internationally in Math?


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Alaska had a mean scale score of 523 for Grade 4 and earned an international grade of C+

  • Name
    Grade
    Mean Score
  • Hong Kong SAR
    B+
    607
  • Singapore
    B+
    599
  • C. Taipei
    B
    576
  • Japan
    B
    568
  • Kazakhstan
    B-
    549
  • Russian Federation
    B-
    544
  • England
    C+
    541
  • Latvia
    C+
    537
  • Netherlands
    C+
    535
  • OECD Mean
    C+
    531
  • Lithuania
    C+
    530
  • U.S.
    C+
    529
  • Germany
    C+
    525
  • Denmark
    C+
    523
  • Alaska
    C+
    523
  • Australia
    C+
    516
  • Hungary
    C
    510
  • Italy
    C
    507
  • Austria
    C
    505
  • Sweden
    C
    503
  • Slovenia
    C
    502
  • Armenia
    C
    500
  • Slovak Republic
    C
    496
  • Scotland
    C
    494
  • N Zealand
    C
    492
  • Czech Rep
    C
    486
  • International Mean
    C
    482
  • Norway
    C-
    473
  • Ukraine
    D+
    469
  • Georgia
    D+
    438
  • Iran
    D
    402
  • Algeria
    BD
    378
  • Colombia
    BD
    355
  • Morocco
    BD
    341
  • El Salvador
    BD
    330
  • Tunisia
    BD
    327
  • Kuwait
    BD
    316
  • Qatar
    BD
    296
  • Yemen
    BD
    224

This graph shows how the mean mathematics score of your state in 2007 compares to each country in the 2007 Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). The mean is determined by a statistical linking study (Phillips, 2009) that expresses the NAEP average for your state in terms of the metric of TIMSS. The grades are derived from the TIMSS international benchmarks. The grade is based on A = Advanced (625), B = High (550), C = Intermediate (475), D = Low (400), and BD = below a D. A grade with a minus (e.g., B-) occurs when the next highest achievement level is within the 95% confidence interval of the state average. A grade with a plus (e.g., C+) occurs when the mean is more than halfway between international benchmarks. The international averages have been weighted by the student population size of each country. The shaded cells indicate the mean is significantly above or below the OECD international average (using a 95% confidence interval).

Source of state by state data: Lee, Grigg & Dion, 2007.

Phillips, G.W. (2009). The Second Derivative: International Benchmarks in Mathematics for U.S. States and School Districts. Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research.

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