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.
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

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