International Comparisons
| International educational scores (1997) |
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| Countries: (sample) |
Global rank |
Maths | Science | ||
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Singapore | 1 | 643 | 1 | 607 | 1 |
| Japan | 2 | 605 | 3 | 571 | 3 |
| South Korea | 3 | 607 | 2 | 565 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 564 | 6 | 574 | 2 |
| England | 18 | 506 | 25 | 552 | 10 |
| Thailand | 20 | 522 | 20 | 525 | 21 |
| Germany | 22 | 509 | 23 | 531 | 19 |
| France | 23 | 538 | 13 | 498 | 28 |
| United States | 24 | 500 | 28 | 534 | 17 |
Singapore students took first place in the 1995, 1999 and 2003 TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. They used Singapore Math Primary Mathematics series. The national textbooks have been adapted into a series which has been successfully marketed in North America as a rival to Saxon math and an alternative to controversial reform mathematics curricula, which many parents complained moved too far away from the sort of traditional basic skills instruction exemplified by Singapore's national curriculum.
Read more about this topic: Education In Singapore
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