Examining educational inequalities: insights in the context of improved mathematics performance on national and international assessments at primary level in Ireland

Large-scale Assessments in Education

An IERI – International Educational Research Institute Journal

Table 5 Differences in mathematics performance between TIMSS 2011 and 2015 for selected groups of students

	Mean (SE)	SD	g
Gender
2011
Girls	525.7 (3.56)	74.93	0.04
Boys	529.1 (3.29)	80.75	0.04
2015
Girls	545.1 (2.60)	70.86	0.06
Boys	549.4 (2.85)	75.05	0.06
Country of birth^a
2011
Ireland	–	–	–
Outside of Ireland	–	–	–
2015
Ireland	547.5 (2.17)	72.67	0.01
Outside of Ireland	547.7 (6.75)	76.86	0.01
Language spoken at home
2011*
English/Irish	530.9 (2.82)	76.88	0.21
Other	514.7 (5.00)	80.88	0.21
2015*
English/Irish	550.1 (2.34)	72.61	0.21
Other	534.8 (5.51)	76.93	0.21
No. of books at home
2011*
100 or fewer	517.4 (2.68)	75.37	0.51
More than 100	555.0 (3.18)	69.60	0.51
2015*
100 or fewer	535.2 (2.45)	71.85	0.58
More than 100	575.7 (2.52)	65.20	0.58
Highest level of parent education
2011*
No third-level education	508.8 (3.02)	74.45	0.56
Third-level education	549.7 (2.98)	71.06	0.56
2015*
No third-level education	519.8 (2.76)	73.41	0.65
Third-level education	564.8 (2.45)	66.91	0.65
School disadvantaged status
2011*
Non-disadvantaged	491.5 (5.43)	74.52	0.58
Disadvantaged	535.9 (2.94)	81.80	0.58
2015*
Non-disadvantaged	516.7 (4.71)	70.01	0.52
Disadvantaged	554.1 (2.25)	78.93	0.52