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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 6.4<br />
Descriptive Statistics <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>International</strong> Science Achievement Scores <strong>for</strong><br />
Population 2 (Variable: BISCISCR)<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 504.37 102.6 180.52 869.99 544.60 106.5 163.23 910.31<br />
Austria 518.76 94.0 163.74 856.53 557.68 98.2 204.41 897.20<br />
Belgium (Fl) 528.67 73.1 283.47 802.84 550.28 81.1 311.38 824.10<br />
Belgium (Fr) 442.05 78.6 140.23 679.01 470.57 85.5 170.06 702.27<br />
Bulgaria 530.85 103.0 226.14 907.46 564.83 110.8 170.28 940.45<br />
Canada 499.19 89.7 162.34 821.00 530.89 93.0 193.94 852.60<br />
Colombia 387.48 72.2 115.89 648.38 411.09 75.5 138.97 671.46<br />
Cyprus 419.92 87.0 95.88 666.34 462.57 88.5 143.53 706.24<br />
Czech Republic 532.93 81.8 220.04 776.61 573.94 87.0 261.59 872.36<br />
Denmark 439.02 86.3 112.66 683.34 478.30 88.0 157.58 790.49<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> 512.02 101.1 208.51 811.17 552.07 105.8 230.34 916.19<br />
France 451.46 74.2 173.64 712.07 497.65 76.8 221.46 759.89<br />
Germany 499.50 95.6 135.63 846.32 531.33 101.4 168.84 879.53<br />
Greece 448.65 87.4 128.24 753.26 497.35 85.0 182.48 802.98<br />
Hong Kong 495.26 86.4 174.27 801.59 522.12 88.9 201.45 773.11<br />
Hungary 517.90 91.4 183.04 837.61 553.68 90.0 217.89 872.46<br />
Icel<strong>and</strong> 461.96 75.1 173.54 737.66 493.55 79.0 205.19 769.31<br />
Iran, Islamic Rep. 436.33 71.6 175.26 688.21 469.74 72.6 206.79 719.75<br />
Irel<strong>and</strong> 495.21 91.0 148.15 823.85 537.78 95.6 196.09 866.90<br />
Israel . . . . 524.48 103.7 142.97 889.63<br />
Japan 531.04 86.2 209.11 839.82 570.98 90.0 247.92 822.67<br />
Korea 535.02 91.8 198.12 858.62 564.87 93.7 227.39 887.88<br />
Kuwait . . . . 429.57 73.9 158.20 687.41<br />
Latvia (LSS) 434.91 78.0 141.27 652.04 484.76 81.2 191.58 715.31<br />
Lithuania 403.06 79.5 112.16 682.08 476.45 81.0 184.62 754.54<br />
Ne<strong>the</strong>rl<strong>and</strong>s 517.25 79.0 218.16 803.21 560.07 85.0 266.54 847.36<br />
New Zeal<strong>and</strong> 480.96 96.5 173.38 826.02 525.45 99.8 164.41 871.56<br />
Norway 483.19 84.8 168.05 724.14 527.19 87.3 210.69 828.46<br />
Portugal 427.93 71.5 165.14 682.23 479.63 73.8 218.01 735.10<br />
Romania 451.58 100.0 85.02 805.22 486.05 101.7 116.79 836.99<br />
Russian Federation 483.96 94.3 132.89 820.14 538.08 95.3 187.59 874.85<br />
Scotl<strong>and</strong> 468.14 93.7 116.03 747.61 517.18 99.8 162.60 856.16<br />
Singapore 544.70 100.2 184.41 888.64 607.33 95.4 251.63 950.77<br />
Slovak Republic 509.67 85.0 188.49 821.07 544.41 92.0 218.76 855.94<br />
Slovenia 529.93 85.9 267.64 772.02 560.05 87.7 239.91 865.46<br />
South Africa 317.14 92.0 50.00 656.22 325.90 98.8 50.00 664.24<br />
Spain 477.15 79.9 193.70 753.34 517.05 77.9 228.37 792.09<br />
Sweden 488.43 84.3 158.51 805.67 535.40 90.3 204.14 851.31<br />
Switzerl<strong>and</strong> 483.66 81.9 164.47 734.92 521.74 90.9 198.90 829.91<br />
Thail<strong>and</strong> 492.90 69.1 229.51 744.08 525.43 72.3 263.18 777.75<br />
United States 508.24 105.0 121.88 876.38 534.45 105.7 148.11 902.61<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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