*Table 3. Average mathematics scores of 8th-grade students, by education
system: 2011*
Grade 8 Education system Average score TIMSS scale average
500 Korea,
Rep. of 613 △ Singapore1 611 △ *Chinese Taipei-CHN* 609 △ *Hong
Kong-CHN* 586 △ Japan 570 △ Russian Federation1 539 △ Israel2 516
Finland 514 *United States1* *509* *England-GBR3* 507
Hungary 505 Australia 505 Slovenia 505 Lithuania4 502
Italy 498 ▽ New Zealand 488 ▽ Kazakhstan 487 ▽ Sweden 484 ▽
Ukraine 479 ▽ Norway 475 ▽ Armenia 467 ▽ Romania 458 ▽ United
Arab Emirates 456 ▽ Turkey 452 ▽ Lebanon 449 ▽ Malaysia 440 ▽
Georgia4,5 431 ▽ Thailand 427 ▽ Macedonia, Rep. of6 426 ▽ Tunisia
425 ▽ Chile 416 ▽ Iran, Islamic Rep. of6 415 ▽ Qatar6 410 ▽
Bahrain6 409 ▽ Jordan6 406 ▽ *Palestinian Nat'l Auth.6* 404 ▽ Saudi
Arabia6 394 ▽ Indonesia6 386 ▽ Syrian Arab Republic6 380 ▽ Morocco7
371 ▽ Oman6 366 ▽ Ghana7 331 ▽ * * *Benchmarking education
systems* *Massachusetts-USA1,4 * 561 △ *Minnesota-USA4*
545 △ *North
Carolina-USA2,4 * 537 △ *Quebec-CAN* 532 △ *Indiana-USA1,4 * 522 △
*Colorado-USA4 * 518 *Connecticut-USA1,4 * 518 *Florida-USA1,4 *
513 *Ontario-CAN1* 512 *Alberta-CAN1* 505 *California-USA1,4 *
493 ▽ *Dubai-UAE* 478 ▽ *Alabama-USA4* 466 ▽ *Abu Dhabi-UAE* 449
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