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Table 2 Descriptive statistics: mean and s.e. for mathematics achievement

From: Context factors and student achievement in the IEA studies: evidence from TIMSS

 

All students

Students from schools with low SES

Students from schools with high SES

Armenia

467 (2.8)

442 (5.1)

491 (5.9)

Australia

507 (5.5)

455 (6.7)

561 (11.6)

Chile

418 (2.7)

381 (4.7)

483 (6.3)

Chinese Taipei

610 (3.2)

566 (4.9)

656 (6.5)

England

506 (5.8)

441 (6.6)

564 (8.3)

Finland

514 (2.5)

502 (3.6)

531 (2.8)

Georgia

432 (4.0)

403 (5.0)

491 (5.7)

Hong Kong, SAR

585 (3.8)

529 (9.2)

637 (6.4)

Hungary

504 (3.5)

462 (5.2)

552 (4.3)

Israel

520 (4.1)

460 (7.2)

569 (5.4)

Italy

499 (2.5)

476 (4.3)

526 (3.9)

Japan

570 (2.6)

545 (3.8)

592 (5.0)

Republic of Korea

613 (2.9)

590 (3.6)

641 (4.3)

Lebanon

450 (3.7)

407 (4.0)

506 (5.8)

Lithuania

502 (2.5)

475 (3.7)

542 (4.1)

Malaysia

440 (5.4)

373 (6.4)

512 (5.9)

New Zealand

488 (5.5)

434 (5.3)

526 (7.2)

Norway

475 (2.4)

459 (3.3)

493 (3.4)

Romania

458 (4.1)

425 (7.7)

526 (6.1)

Singapore

611 (3.8)

567 (8.0)

660 (4.1)

Slovenia

505 (2.1)

491 (3.3)

517 (2.9)

Sweden

485 (2.2)

467 (3.4)

506 (3.2)

Thailand

429 (4.4)

397 (5.0)

493 (8.7)

Tunisia

425 (3.0)

394 (3.5)

457 (5.9)

Turkey

453 (4.2)

401 (5.3)

508 (8.0)

Ukraine

479 (3.9)

449 (5.2)

523 (6.5)

United Arab Emirates

455 (2.2)

418 (3.1)

497 (4.6)

United States

512 (3.2)

467 (3.7)

561 (5.1)

  1. () standard errors appear in parentheses