RANKINGS OF FOURTH-GRADERS’ SKILLS
Raleigh News & Observer
Scripps Howard News Service
October 04, 2006, Wednesday 12:13 PM EST
Few Americans know the rankings by their formal name, but most people
know that the math skills of children from the United States don’t
stack up well when compared with other countries.
The rankings are called TIMSS – Trends in International Mathematics
and Science Study, and they are published every four years out of
Boston College.
Rankings of fourth-graders’ skills in 2003, the most recent year
available, produced the following results:
1. Singapore
2. Hong Kong
3. Japan
4. Chinese Taipei
5. Belgium-Flemish
6. Netherlands
7. Latvia
8. Lithuania
9. Russian Federation
10. England
11. Hungary
12. United States
13. Cyprus
14. Republic of Moldova
15. Italy
16. Austria
17. New Zealand
18. Scotland
19. Slovenia
20. Armenia
21. Norway
22. Iran
23. Philippines
24. Morocco
25. Tunisia
(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, )
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