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C H A P T E R 6 A C H I E V E M E N T S C O R E S<br />

Table 6.2<br />

Descriptive Statistics <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>International</strong> Science Achievement Scores <strong>for</strong><br />

Population 1 (Variable: AISCISCR)<br />

Country<br />

Mean<br />

Lower Grade Upper Grade<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

Deviation<br />

Minimum Maximum Mean St<strong>and</strong>ard Minimum Maximum<br />

Australia 510.24 97.8 109.91 852.73 562.55 93.3 168.80 911.57<br />

Austria 504.55 87.6 119.53 748.09 564.75 79.8 277.16 807.41<br />

Canada 490.42 88.1 132.18 791.18 549.26 85.9 160.12 862.82<br />

Cyprus 414.72 73.1 94.56 681.38 475.44 75.7 215.03 717.97<br />

Czech Republic 493.67 84.6 201.74 786.70 556.51 81.2 224.10 843.97<br />

Engl<strong>and</strong> 499.23 100.6 77.98 796.94 551.46 96.0 219.91 857.75<br />

Greece 445.87 82.5 146.54 703.33 497.18 83.0 102.13 744.22<br />

Hong Kong 481.56 73.5 176.38 703.72 532.98 77.8 225.17 824.38<br />

Hungary 464.42 88.8 165.66 725.85 531.59 80.7 223.82 826.10<br />

Icel<strong>and</strong> 435.38 82.1 164.43 681.32 504.74 84.9 213.72 800.97<br />

Iran, Islamic Rep. 356.16 76.0 50.00 658.64 416.50 74.5 170.54 678.76<br />

Irel<strong>and</strong> 479.11 87.8 146.67 755.30 539.48 84.9 230.41 786.25<br />

Israel . . . . 504.82 86.3 184.34 787.68<br />

Japan 521.78 72.6 224.27 754.71 573.61 72.8 253.39 800.76<br />

Korea 552.92 71.4 273.99 814.67 596.90 68.1 332.21 832.19<br />

Kuwait . . . . 401.29 85.2 57.95 744.01<br />

Latvia (LSS) 465.25 82.6 228.76 778.61 512.17 83.8 234.55 871.62<br />

Ne<strong>the</strong>rl<strong>and</strong>s 498.84 63.4 132.77 747.38 556.66 65.7 293.48 801.08<br />

New Zeal<strong>and</strong> 473.05 99.6 94.41 793.59 531.03 97.0 217.08 867.40<br />

Norway 450.28 89.8 104.47 749.08 530.27 86.2 176.79 788.49<br />

Portugal 422.99 95.6 50.00 702.77 479.79 84.4 92.77 741.33<br />

Scotl<strong>and</strong> 483.85 95.0 110.84 813.50 535.62 93.4 195.12 816.46<br />

Singapore 487.74 98.8 105.30 812.96 546.69 97.2 186.63 887.39<br />

Slovenia 486.94 78.0 207.33 740.59 545.68 76.0 226.89 775.09<br />

Thail<strong>and</strong> 432.56 77.5 140.87 704.27 472.86 70.8 171.15 736.01<br />

United States 511.23 93.8 124.71 780.52 565.48 95.0 117.45 882.36<br />

SOURCE: IEA Third <strong>International</strong> Ma<strong>the</strong>matics <strong>and</strong> Science Study (<strong>TIMSS</strong>) 1994-95.<br />

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