Chart: Changes in 8th grade TIMSS mathematics scores, U.S., Minnesota, Korea, and England, 1995–2011 | Economic Policy Institute

Table 5B

Changes in 8th grade TIMSS mathematics scores, U.S., Minnesota, Korea, and England, 1995–2011

		Family academic resource (FAR) group
		Group 1 (lowest)	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5/6 (higher/highest)	Average	Average with 2011 U.S. FAR weights
U.S.	1995	412	435	474	499	513	492	466
	2011	465	485	516	542	548	509*	510*
	Difference	53	50	42	43	35	17	45
Minnesota	1995	444	464	499	515	534	518	491
	2011	494	506	543	568	574	545	536
	Difference	49	42	44	53	39	27	45
Korea	1995	505	523	562	592	609	581	557
	2011	546	556	594	627	653	613	593
	Difference	41	33	32	35	45	32	36
England	1995	398	435	474	498	521	498	465
	2011	442	481	518	540	556	507	507
	Difference	44	46	45	42	35	9	43

* Slight discrepancy is an artifact of rounding.

Source: EPI analysis of TIMSS International Database

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