|
Country
|
Percentages (SE) of 4th-grade students meeting international benchmarksa
|
National mean (SE) and standard deviation
|
|---|
|
High international benchmark
|
Intermediate international benchmark
|
Low international benchmark
|
|---|
|
All subjects
|
Reading
|
Maths
|
Science
|
Reading
|
Maths
|
Science
|
All subjects
|
Reading
|
Maths
|
Science
|
Readingb
|
Mathsc
|
Scienced
|
|---|
|
Austria
|
18 (1.2)
|
39 (1.5)
|
26 (1.5)
|
42 (1.6)
|
80 (0.9)
|
70 (1.9)
|
79 (1.7)
|
92 (0.8)
|
97 (0.3)
|
95 (0.8)
|
96 (0.6)
|
529 (2.0)
|
63
|
508 (2.6)
|
63
|
532 (2.8)
|
70
|
|
Czech Republic
|
21 (1.1)
|
50 (1.4)
|
30 (1.5)
|
44 (1.5)
|
87 (0.9)
|
72 (1.3
|
81 (1.1)
|
92 (0.8)
|
98 (0.5)
|
93 (0.8)
|
97 (0.7)
|
545 (2.2)
|
61
|
511 (2.4)
|
70
|
536 (2.5)
|
72
|
|
Finland
|
39 (1.3)
|
63 (1.3)
|
49 (1.3)
|
65 (1.7)
|
92 (0.7)
|
85 (1.2)
|
92 (0.8)
|
97 (0.5)
|
99 (0.2)
|
98 (0.4)
|
99 (0.3)
|
568 (1.9
|
64
|
545 (2.3)
|
68
|
570 (2.6)
|
67
|
|
Germany
|
23 (1.3)
|
46 (1.4)
|
37 (1.4)
|
39 (1.6)
|
85 (1.0)
|
81 (1.3)
|
78 (1.5)
|
94 (0.8)
|
98 (0.3)
|
97 (0.6)
|
96 (0.7)
|
541 (2.2)
|
66
|
528 (2.2)
|
62
|
528 (2.9)
|
70
|
|
Hungary
|
28 (1.3)
|
48 (1.5)
|
37 (1.4)
|
46 (2.0)
|
81 (1.2)
|
70 (1.5)
|
78 (1.5)
|
88 (1.1)
|
95 (0.7)
|
90 (1.0)
|
93 (0.9)
|
539 (2.9)
|
78
|
515 (3.4)
|
90
|
534 (3.7
|
86
|
|
Ireland
|
25 (1.5)
|
53 (1.4)
|
41 (1.6)
|
35 (1.7)
|
85 (0.8)
|
77 (1.4)
|
72 (1.6)
|
90 (0.9
|
97 (0.5)
|
94 (0.6)
|
92 (0.9)
|
552 (2.3)
|
75
|
527 (2.6)
|
78
|
516 (3.4)
|
79
|
|
Italy
|
18 (1.1)
|
46 (1.4)
|
28 (1.4)
|
37 (1.6)
|
85 (1.1)
|
69 (1.3
|
76 (1.3)
|
90 (0.9)
|
98 (0.4)
|
93 (0.8)
|
95 (1.0)
|
541 (2.2)
|
66
|
508 (2.6)
|
72
|
524 (2.7)
|
74
|
|
Lithuania
|
21 (1.3)
|
39 (1.4)
|
43 (1.5)
|
31 (1.6)
|
80 (1.2)
|
79 (1.2)
|
73 (1.2)
|
92 (0.8)
|
97 (0.4)
|
96 (0.6)
|
95 (0.6)
|
528 (2.0)
|
66
|
534 (2.4)
|
74
|
515 (2.4)
|
68
|
|
Malta
|
7 (0.4)
|
24 (0.7)
|
25 (0.9)
|
14 (0.7)
|
55 (0.8)
|
63 (0.8)
|
41 (1.0)
|
64 (0.9)
|
78 (0.6)
|
88 (0.6)
|
70 (1.1)
|
477 (1.4)
|
97
|
496 (1.3)
|
78
|
446 (1.9)
|
98
|
|
Northern Ireland
|
29 (1.4)
|
58 (1.4)
|
59 (1.4)
|
33 (1.6)
|
87 (0.9)
|
85 (1.2)
|
74 (1.3)
|
92 (0.8)
|
97 (0.6)
|
96 (0.5)
|
94 (1.0)
|
558 (2.4)
|
76
|
562 (2.9)
|
86
|
517 (2.6)
|
71
|
|
Poland
|
12 (0.8)
|
39 (1.2)
|
17 (1.1)
|
29 (1.5)
|
77 (0.9)
|
56 (1.3)
|
67 (1.2)
|
83 (1.0)
|
95 (0.5)
|
87 (0.9)
|
91 (0.8)
|
526 (2.1)
|
73
|
481 (2.2)
|
73
|
505 (2.6)
|
78
|
|
Portugal
|
23 (1.7)
|
47 (1.8)
|
40 (1.9)
|
35 (1.8)
|
84 (1.2)
|
80 (1.7)
|
75 (2.0)
|
93 (1.1)
|
98 (0.5)
|
97 (0.6)
|
95 (1.0
|
541 (2.6)
|
66
|
532 (3.4)
|
69
|
522 (3.9)
|
73
|
|
Romania
|
17 (1.2)
|
32 (1.6)
|
28 (1.7)
|
37 (2.3)
|
65 (2.1)
|
57 (2.2)
|
66 (2.3)
|
73 (2.1)
|
86 (1.5)
|
79 (1.9)
|
84 (1.8)
|
502 (4.3)
|
91
|
482 (5.8)
|
105
|
505 (5.9)
|
107
|
|
Slovak Republic
|
21 (1.3)
|
44 (1.5)
|
30 (1.7)
|
44 (1.5)
|
79 (0.9)
|
69 (1.6)
|
81 (1.1)
|
89 (1.3)
|
95 (0.6)
|
90 (1.2)
|
97 (0.7)
|
535 (2.8)
|
69
|
507 (3.8)
|
80
|
532 (3.8)
|
79
|
|
Slovenia
|
20 (1.3)
|
42 (1.2)
|
31 (1.4)
|
36 (1.6)
|
79 (1.2)
|
72 (1.4)
|
74 (1.3)
|
90 (0.7)
|
95 (0.6)
|
94 (0.6)
|
93 (0.6)
|
530 (2.0)
|
70
|
513 (2.2)
|
69
|
520 (2.7)
|
76
|
|
Spain
|
9 (0.8)
|
31 (1.3)
|
17 (1.1)
|
28 (1.5)
|
72 (1.2)
|
56 (1.9)
|
67 (1.6)
|
82 (1.4)
|
94 (0.7)
|
87 (1.3)
|
92 (1.2)
|
513 (2.3)
|
68
|
482 (2.9)
|
70
|
505 (3.0)
|
73
|
|
Sweden
|
18 (1.1)
|
47 (1.6)
|
25 (1.2)
|
44 (1.5)
|
85 (1.0)
|
69 (1.4)
|
79 (1.1)
|
91 (0.7)
|
98 (0.3)
|
93 (0.7)
|
95 (0.5)
|
542 (2.1)
|
65
|
504 (2.0)
|
67
|
533 (2.7)
|
75
|
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aAll numbers from Mullis (2013)
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bAll numbers from Mullis et al. (2012b)
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cAll numbers from Mullis et al. (2012a)
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dAll numbers from Martin et al. (2012)
