The charts below show how 8th graders in a number of U.S. school districts, consortia, and states stacked up against students throughout the United States and in other nations on the second administration of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study in 1999.
| KEY Scores significantly higher than the U.S. Scores not significantly different from the U.S. Scores significantly lower than the U.S. |
Mathematics |
Science | |||
Singapore |
604 |
Naperville School District 203, IL |
584 | |
Korea |
587 |
Singapore |
568 | |
Hong Kong |
582 |
First in the World Consortium, IL |
565 | |
Japan |
579 |
Michigan Invitational Group |
563 | |
Naperville School District 203, IL |
569 |
Academy School District No. 20, CO |
559 | |
First in the World Consortium, IL |
560 |
Hungary |
552 | |
Belgium |
558 |
Japan |
550 | |
Netherlands |
540 |
Korea |
549 | |
Montgomery County, MD |
537 |
Netherlands |
545 | |
Slovak Republic |
534 |
Australia |
540 | |
Hungary |
532 |
Czech Republic |
539 | |
Michigan Invitational Group |
532 |
England |
538 | |
Canada |
531 |
Belgium |
535 | |
Slovenia |
530 |
Slovak Republic |
535 | |
Academy School District No. 20, CO |
528 |
Canada |
533 | |
Russian Federation |
526 | |||
Australia |
525 | |||
Michigan |
544 | |||
Project SMART Consortium, OH |
521 |
SW Math/Science Collaborative, PA |
543 | |
Czech Republic |
520 |
Project SMART Consortium, OH |
539 | |
Michigan |
517 |
Oregon |
536 | |
SW Math/Science Collaborative, PA |
517 |
Guilford County, NC |
534 | |
Texas |
516 |
Indiana |
534 | |
Indiana |
515 |
Massachusetts |
533 | |
Guilford County, NC |
514 |
Slovenia |
533 | |
Oregon |
514 |
Montgomery County, MD |
531 | |
Massachusetts |
513 |
Hong Kong |
530 | |
Connecticut |
512 |
Connecticut |
529 | |
Bulgaria |
511 |
Pennsylvania |
529 | |
Illinois |
509 |
Russian Federation |
529 | |
Pennsylvania |
507 |
Idaho |
526 | |
Latvia |
505 |
Missouri |
523 | |
South Carolina |
502 |
Illinois |
521 | |
United States |
502 |
Bulgaria |
518 | |
England |
496 |
United States |
515 | |
Idaho |
495 |
Freemont/Lincoln/WestSide Public Schools, NE |
511 | |
Maryland |
495 |
South Carolina |
511 | |
North Carolina |
495 |
New Zealand |
510 | |
New Zealand |
491 |
Texas |
509 | |
Missouri |
490 |
North Carolina |
508 | |
Freemont/Lincoln/WestSide Public Schools, NE |
488 |
Maryland |
506 | |
Delaware Science Coalition, DE |
479 |
Latvia |
503 | |
Jersey City Public Schools, NJ |
475 |
Delaware Science Coalition, DE |
500 | |
Italy |
493 | |||
Lithuania |
482 |
Lithuania |
488 | |
Italy |
479 |
Romania |
472 | |
Cyprus |
476 |
Cyprus |
460 | |
Romania |
472 |
Rochester City School District, NY |
452 | |
Chicago Public Schools, IL |
462 |
Chicago Public Schools, IL |
449 | |
Rochester City School District, NY |
444 |
Iran |
448 | |
Iran |
422 |
Jersey City Public Schools, NJ |
440 | |
Miami-Dade County Public Schools, FL |
421 |
Miami-Dade County Public Schools, FL |
426 | |
International Average of 23 Countries |
521 |
International Average of 23 Countries |
521 | |
