| Table 1-4 |
| Eighth-grader's confidence in mathematics, by mathematics achievement score and country/economy: 2003 |
| |
| |
| Country/economy |
Students who
"agree a lot" (%) |
|
Average
score |
|
Score
above
international
average |
| |
| Jordan |
48 |
|
424 |
|
|
| Egypt |
46 |
|
406 |
|
|
| Israel |
43 |
|
496 |
|
x |
| Ghana |
41 |
|
276 |
|
|
| Bahrain |
40 |
|
401 |
|
|
| Tunisia |
39 |
|
410 |
|
|
| Cyprus |
39 |
|
459 |
|
|
| Palestinian Authority |
39 |
|
390 |
|
|
| United States |
39 |
|
504 |
|
x |
| South Africa |
38 |
|
264 |
|
|
| International average |
27 |
|
467 |
|
|
| Romania |
18 |
|
475 |
|
x |
| Singapore |
18 |
|
605 |
|
x |
| Latvia |
17 |
|
508 |
|
x |
| Moldova |
17 |
|
460 |
|
|
| Netherlands |
16 |
|
536 |
|
x |
| Malaysia |
13 |
|
508 |
|
x |
| Chinese Taipei |
11 |
|
585 |
|
x |
| Hong Kong |
10 |
|
586 |
|
x |
| Korea |
5 |
|
589 |
|
x |
| Japan |
4 |
|
570 |
|
x |
| |
NOTE: Countries/economies ranked by percentage of students who "agree a lot" that I usually do well in mathematics.
SOURCES: Loveless T, How Well are American Students Learning? The Brown Center on Education Policy, Brookings Institution (2006), figure 2-1; and International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (2003). Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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