Mathematics score changes, scale scores by social class group for U.S. and similar post-industrial countries, PISA 2000–2009
France | Germany | U.K. | U.S. | |||||||||
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2000 | 2009 | Change | 2000 | 2009 | Change | 2000 | 2009 | Change | 2000 | 2009 | Change | |
Group 1 (Lowest) | 458 | 413 | -45 | 381 | 433 | 52 | 458 | 435 | -23 | 416 | 434 | 18 |
Group 2 | 484 | 460 | -24 | 418 | 466 | 49 | 483 | 455 | -29 | 446 | 464 | 17 |
Group 3 | 517 | 498 | -19 | 471 | 509 | 39 | 519 | 487 | -32 | 490 | 491 | 1 |
Group 4 | 537 | 529 | -8 | 500 | 535 | 36 | 540 | 517 | -23 | 510 | 510 | 0 |
Group 5 | 558 | 562 | 4 | 537 | 571 | 34 | 563 | 547 | -16 | 543 | 548 | 4 |
Group 6 (Highest) | 544 | 569 | 24 | 550 | 570 | 20 | 579 | 551 | -29 | 554 | 548 | -6 |
National average math score | 517 | 497 | -20 | 490 | 513 | 23 | 529 | 492 | -37 | 493 | 487 | -6 |
Source: Authors' analysis of OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2000 database, with authors' interpolations of average test scores, and Tables 1 and 4 for 2009 data