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Table 10 Distribution of subject-specific achievement patterns by country and rated within country profile heterogeneity

From: Subject-specific strength and weaknesses of fourth-grade students in Europe: a comparative latent profile analysis of multidimensional proficiency patterns based on PIRLS/TIMSS combined 2011

 

OOO

R

RM

RMS

RS

RSM

S

SMR

SRM

MS

MSR

MRS

M

Within country profile heterogenity

Low

Rather low

High

Austria

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

3

1

0

0

1

  

Czech Republic

0

0

0

0

4

1

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

  

Finland

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

5

0

0

0

0

  

Germany

2

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

  

Hungary

0

0

0

0

5

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

  

Ireland

0

1

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

Italy

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

Lithuania

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

  

Malta

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

3

  

Northern Ireland

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

0

  

Poland

0

1

0

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

  

Portugal

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

0

  

Romania

0

1

0

0

2

0

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

  

Slovak Republic

0

1

0

0

3

0

1

0

2

0

0

0

0

  

Slovenia

3

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

  

Spain

1

0

0

0

2

0

1

0

2

0

0

0

1

  

Sweden

0

1

1

0

3

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

  

International model

2

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

  

  1. Low five out of 7 similar; rather low different types but similar patterns of subject-specific strength; high different types and diverse subject-specific strengths and weaknesses