Volume 36, No. 3 March 2005
U.S. students continue to lag behind their international counterparts in math
Math test scores across 29 nations
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Fifteen-year-old students from across the world took part in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which gauges their math literacy. Here are the nations' scores in rank-order.
| Country | Average math literacy score |
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| 1. | Finland | 544 | |
| 2. | South Korea | 542 | |
| 3. | Netherlands | 538 | |
| 4. | Japan | 534 | |
| 5. | Canada | 532 | |
| 6. | Belgium | 529 | |
| 7. | Switzerland | 527 | |
| 8. | Australia | 524 | |
| 9. | New Zealand | 523 | |
| 10. | Czech Republic | 516 | |
| 11. | Iceland | 515 | |
| 12. | Denmark | 514 | |
| 13. | France | 511 | |
| 14. | Sweden | 509 | |
| 15. | Austria | 506 | |
| 16. | Germany | 503 | |
| 17. | Ireland | 503 | |
| 18. | Slovak Republic | 498 | |
| 19. | Norway | 495 | |
| 20. | Luxembourg | 493 | |
| 21. | Poland | 490 | |
| 22. | Hungary | 490 | |
| 23. | Spain | 485 | |
| 24. | United States | 483 | |
| 25. | Portugal | 466 | |
| 26. | Italy | 466 | |
| 27. | Greece | 445 | |
| 28. | Turkey | 423 | |
| 29. | Mexico | 385 | |
Source: Program for International Student Assessment
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