Analyzing Education

Analyzing Education AROUND THE WORLD Legend UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM SPAIN GERMANY SWEDEN SOUTH KOREA AUSTRALIA Pupil-Teacher Ratios PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ELEMENTARY AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS, BY COUNTRY 2000 - 2010 I SPAIN I AUSTRALIA IUNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM I GERMANY I SWEDEN I SOUTH KOREA ELEMENTARY SENIOR HIGH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 10 15 20 25 2000 2000 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 Irading Education HOW DO FOURTH GRADERS AROUND THE WORLD MEASURE UP? TIMSS stands for Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. PIRLS is the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study. AVERAGE TIMSS SCIENCE SCORES AVERAGE TIMSS MATH SCORES AVERAGE PIRLS LITERACY SCORES United States Number sia TOP COUNTRY: South Korea TOP COUNTRY: Aouth Keea. TOP COUNTRY: WORLD RANKING: lumber, one WORLD RANKING: lumber turo WORLD RANKING: AVERAGE SCORE: 587 AVERAGE SCORE: 605 AVERAGE SCORE: 556 RANK COUNTRY SCORE RANK CUNTRY SCORE RANK COUNTRY SCORE US 544 ENGLAND (GBR) 542 11 ENGLAND (GBR) 552 11 SWEDEN 533 11 US 541 15 SWEDEN 542 15 ENGLAND (GBR) 529 16 GERMANY 528 17 GERMANY 541 17 GERMANY 528 19 AUSTRALIA 516 27 AUSTRALIA 527 24 AUSTRALIA 516 26 SWEDEN 504 30 SPAIN 513 29 SPAIN 505 32 SPAIN 482 SOUTH KOREA TIMSS and PIRLS are international assessments that allow for cross-national comparisons. They are coordinated by the TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College, under the auspices of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), an international organization of national research institutions and governmental research agencies. Hitting the Books IN ONE YEAR, HOW MANY HOURS DO FOURTH GRADERS SPEND STUDYING? = 75 HOURS ON MATH = 75 HOURS ON SCIENCE = 75 HOURS ON OTHER SUBJECTS 1125 750 375 United States United Spain lermany Sweden South Korea Australia Kingdom Head of the Class HOW MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL? PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION WHO COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL BY AGE GROUP 25 TO 34 YEARS OLD FROM 2001-2010 2001 2005 2009 2010 United States 88.1% 86.7% 88.3% 88.4% United Kingdom 68.0% 72.9% 81.6% 82.9% Spain 57.1% 63.9% 64.1% 64.7% lermany 85.5% 84.1% 86.0% 86.5% Sweden 90.7% 90.6% 91.2% 91.1% South Korea 94.6% 97.3% 97.5% 97.8% Australia 70.7% 78.6% 82.9% 84.8% A Brighter Future FOCUSING ON IMPROVING EDUCATION WORLDWIDE WILL ENSURE brighter tomorrow FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS BROUGHT TO YOU BY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Quicken Loans Engineered to Amaze SOURCE: NCES.ED.GOv GHERGICH&Co. QuickenLoans.com