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Thursday, December 13, 2012

New TIMSS Results Show Gains for US Students

The recently-released Third International Math and Science Study results show that US students' average scores in math were above the international average in both the fourth and eighth grades.  US fourth graders' math scores were in the top 8 of the 45 nations participating in the study, while the eighth graders' were 11th out of 38 nations.  In reading, scores were an average of 56 points higher than the international average, ranking them in the top 13 on the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study.  Florida, which requested its individual state scores to be compared with other nations, was among the highest, equal with Singapore, Finland and Hong Kong. USA Today TIMSS Results

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