The phrase
"international average" refers to the overall or typical level of a particular measurement or value when looking at multiple countries or regions around the world. It represents a general standard or benchmark that reflects what is commonly observed among different places globally.
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Attainment in Scottish schools has been rated as
above international averages in a review from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Across 13 very successful years, including three Premier League titles and the European Cup, the former
England international averaged 16 goals per season and has since represented Manchester City while on loan from New York City FC, which was his last professional club before retiring and has since been a pundit for BBC and Sky Sports.
On Saturday, President Obama delivered a radio address on education and he didn't shrink from saying that American high school students are
trailing international averages.
What's more, while Canadians reported setting aside an average of 10.5 % of their annual income for retirement,
the international average sits at 12.2 %.
Even with some recent pullbacks, the P / E ratio of big U.S. companies, and the valuation of the market itself, are far above
the international average.
At present, the average number of students per lecturer in sub-Saharan Africa is twice as high as
the international average.
The U.S. curriculum attempts to cover many more topics in a single year than
the international average.
Its poor standing is reflected in the latest analysis of influential science journals by Science Watch which shows that from 1981 to 1993 the country fell well below
the international average in the citation stakes — the number of times that researchers referred to South African work (see This Week).
While the overall averages are quite even when it comes to a city - by - city analysis, it seems Brits are paying a hefty price, with their average cost above
the international average.
TIMSS shows that Australian Year 8 students tended to value mathematics, with close to 90 per cent valuing or strongly valuing mathematics (similar to
the international average).
However, levels of valuing science were low, with 68 per cent of Australian Year 8s valuing or strongly valuing science, compared to
the international average of 81 per cent.
Compared to
the international averages, U.S. performance was middling in science, poor in math, and above - average in reading.
The latest data show U.S. 12th graders performing below
the international average for 21 countries in math and science.
Peggy Carr, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), drily noted that, compared to
the international average, «we also have a higher percentage of students who score in the lowest performance levels... and a lower percentage of top math performers.»
If proscenium stages and audiovisual equipment made a difference in student learning, the U.S. wouldn't be struggling to keep up with
the international average score on PISA, of course.
Keep that in mind today, PISA Day, as various pundits hypothesize about why the U.S. scored below
the international average in math, and at the average in reading and science, and why we don't seem to be making any gains over time on these much - watched gauges.
The United States was, once again, in the middle of the pack in reading and science and a bit below
the international average in math.
Mississippi, Alabama and District of Columbia students scored below on
the international average on both exams, meaning their scores were on par with Kazakhstan and Dubai.
-- In an international math test taken by students worldwide in 1995 (the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, or TIMSS), U.S. student math proficiency for 8th graders fell below
the international average (28th out of 41 countries).
Both Greece and Iceland performed considerably below
the international average on TIMSS, while the countries where class - size reduction did not have even a small effect performed above the average.
For more than three decades, the United States has been scoring below
the international average among participating nations on tests of math and science achievement.
According to the results of the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests, released in December 2010 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United States performed only at
the international average in reading, and trailed 18 and 23 other countries in science and math, respectively.
Students scored 54 points better in math and 57 in science (on a range with
an international average of 500 and an international standard deviation of 100) when they had more than 200 books at home compared with students who had fewer than 10.
Most Australian Year 4 students were taught by teachers who were «very satisfied» (58 per cent) or «satisfied» (39 per cent) with their profession, which was similar to
the international averages (57 per cent and 37 per cent, respectively).
On average, 35 per cent of Australian Year 4 students attended schools in which instruction was «somewhat affected» by resource shortages and a further 2 per cent attended schools that were «affected a lot», compared to
the international averages of 62 per cent and 6 per cent, respectively.
The international average was 22 per cent.
41 per cent of Australian students attended schools in which principals had completed a postgraduate university degree, which was lower than
the international average (48 per cent) and substantially lower than the average for the 10 highest - scoring countries (70 per cent).
Figure 1: The Students Like Reading scale and Year 4 student achievement in reading, Australia and
the International average.
The proportion of Australian Year 4 students who had a teacher with postgraduate qualifications, such as a master's degree or a doctorate, was less than half that of
the international average (12 per cent versus 26 per cent).
American 4th and 8th graders continue to exceed
the international average on math and science tests, but are still well behind their counterparts in several Asian nations and trail a few European countries, results released today show.
According to the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, in four of the seven countries that outperform the United States in mathematics, students spend less time in class per week than U.S. students do and also less than
the international average.
To estimate the importance of basic competency, we identified the share of students performing at least at a very basic level, that is, no more than one standard deviation below
the international average of all OECD countries.
Achievement in science was found to be not as high, but is still above
the international average.
Shadow minister for education Tanya Plibersek said Australia is slightly below
the international average on funding for schools.
Yet, results from the 2012 Program of International Assessment put England merely at
the international average, 499, compared to Massachusetts students» score of 524.
The United States as a whole came in 10th in science and 9th in math, with scores that were above
the international average.
The opposite was also true, with students with low reading engagement scoring significantly below
the international average, no matter their socioeconomic status.
Overall, students with high reading engagement scored significantly above
the international average on the combined reading literacy scale, regardless of their family background.
On average, students in the bottom quarter of the intrinsic math motivation index scored 472, well below
the international average of 494, while students in the top quarter scored 521 — well above the average.
The international average score for both math and science was 500.
Thirty - six states scored higher than
the international average in math; 47 did so in science.
America was flat during that period, remaining a little worse than
the international average in the share of students who performed below minimum proficiency in all three subjects.