Table 19

Social class distribution, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and U.S. compared with similar post-industrial countries, on PISA mathematics scale

Massachusetts Minnesota France Germany U.K. U.S.
TIMSS 2007 social class distribution (percent) Average score, TIMSS 2007 on PISA scale TIMSS 2007 social class distribution (percent) Average score, TIMSS 2007 on PISA scale  PISA “2007” social class distribution (percent) Average score, PISA “2007”  PISA “2007” social class distribution (percent) Average score, PISA “2007”  PISA “2007” social class distribution (percent) Average score, PISA “2007”  PISA “2007” social class distribution (percent) Average score, PISA “2007”
(1) Group 1 (Lowest) 12 459 10 464 13 419 11 421 13 437 17 423
(2) Group 2 15 486 16 488 17 453 13 455 15 453 16 445
(3) Group 3 27 523 30 503 31 496 31 501 30 490 28 479
(4) Group 4 19 534 21 523 18 524 20 531 18 514 18 504
(5) Group 5/6 (Higher/highest) 26 554 23 530 21 560 26 567 24 548 20 535
(6) State (country) social class-weighted average 520 507 497 509 496 479
(7) State (country) average (with U.S. weights) 514 503 494 498 491 479

Note: PISA "2007" is a weighted average of PISA 2006 and PISA 2009 data, where PISA 2006 has twice the weight of PISA 2009.

Source: Authors' analysis of Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007 database (Boston College International Study Center) and OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 and 2009 databases

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