Chart: Estimated differences, controlling for measures of family academic resources, in TIMSS and PISA scores between the U.S. national scores and scores in U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and comparison countries

Appendix Table A1

Estimated differences, controlling for measures of family academic resources, in TIMSS and PISA scores between the U.S. national scores and scores in U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and comparison countries

Regression coefficients and U.S. absolute score derived from regressions
Mathematics
	Canada	Alberta	Ontario	Quebec	Finland	Korea	England	U.S.	Connecticut	Massachusetts	Indiana	North Carolina	Minnesota	Alabama	Colorado	Florida	California
(1) TIMSS 1999	27.34				30.16	91.72	15.97	498.62	7.07	10.3	7.13	-1.73
	[3.38]				[4.70]	[3.30]	[5.08]		[5.57]	[4.48]	[6.83]	[5.19]
(2) TIMSS 2011		-7.48	-3.08	29.28	2.51	97.27	4.03	509.65	6.35	43.77	13.95	27.08	29.63	-32.7	8.73	8.69	-15.04
		[3.51]	[2.93]	[3.11]	[3.15]	[2.85]	[4.63]		[3.71]	[5.23]	[4.31]	[5.11]	[4.12]	[4.13]	[3.96]	[4.89]	[4.90]
	Canada	Finland	Korea	France	Germany	U.K.	Poland	Ireland	U.S.	Florida	Connecticut	Massachusetts
(3) PISA 2012	29.55	26.69	54.29	15.02	36.83	5.08	35.4	14.69	483.65	-11.72	14.35	22.96
	[3.08]	[3.47]	[4.45]	[3.53]	[3.98]	[3.34]	[3.73]	[2.96]		[5.38]	[4.20]	[4.55]
Reading
	Canada	Finland	Korea	France	Germany	U.K.	Poland	Ireland	U.S.	Florida	Connecticut	Massachusetts
(4) PISA 2012	18.29	16.21	22.39	8.99	18.28	-5.32	19.43	20.31	499.62	-2.91	13.68	19.52
	[3.30]	[4.02]	[4.64]	[3.67]	[3.91]	[4.01]	[4.13]	[3.54]		[5.57]	[4.76]	[5.57]
Adjusted absolute scores (from regressions)
Mathematics
	Canada	Alberta	Ontario	Quebec	Finland	Korea	England	U.S.	Connecticut	Massachusetts	Indiana	North Carolina	Minnesota	Alabama	Colorado	Florida	California
(5) TIMSS 1999	525.96				528.78	590.34	514.59	498.62	505.69	508.92	505.75	496.89
(6) TIMSS 2011		502.17	506.57	538.93	512.16	606.92	513.68	509.65	516	553.42	523.6	536.73	539.28	476.95	518.38	518.34	494.61
	Canada	Finland	Korea	France	Germany	U.K.	Poland	Ireland	U.S.	Florida	Connecticut	Massachusetts
(7) PISA 2012	513.2	510.34	537.94	498.67	520.48	488.73	519.05	498.34	484	471.93	498	506.61
Reading
	Canada	Finland	Korea	France	Germany	U.K.	Poland	Ireland	U.S.	Florida	Connecticut	Massachusetts
(8) PISA 2012	517.91	515.83	522.01	508.61	517.9	494.3	519.05	519.93	500	496.71	513.3	519.14

Source: EPI analysis of OECD PISA International Database

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