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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
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