EDSTATS: Average Adjusted Test Score in United States
United States: EDSTATS: Average Adjusted Test Score was 51.48 in 2010. ▲ Rising
EDSTATS: Average Adjusted Test Score in United States, 1960–2010
Source: Angrist, N., Patrinos, H. and Schlotter, M.. The World Bank (2013).
Analysis
In 2010, edstats: average adjusted test score in United States stood at 51.48.
The figure is down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edstats: average adjusted test score in United States peaked at 53.8 in 1975 and was at its lowest, 25.4, in 1960.
United States ranks 19th of 29 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.4 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 2 |
| 1970s | 51.4 | 49 | 53.8 | 2 |
| 1980s | 51.6 | 49.4 | 53.8 | 2 |
| 1990s | 47.3 | 45.4 | 49.2 | 2 |
| 2000s | 51.38 | 49.27 | 53.48 | 2 |
| 2010s | 51.48 | 51.48 | 51.48 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edstats: average adjusted test score in United States?
- Edstats: average adjusted test score in United States was 51.48 in 2010, according to Angrist, N., Patrinos, H. and Schlotter, M.. The World Bank (2013).
- What is the highest edstats: average adjusted test score recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 53.8 in 1975.
- What is the lowest edstats: average adjusted test score recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.4 in 1960.
- How does United States rank for edstats: average adjusted test score?
- United States ranks 19th out of 29 countries with data for 2010.
- Is edstats: average adjusted test score rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States data come from?
- The figures come from Angrist, N., Patrinos, H. and Schlotter, M.. The World Bank (2013), published as part of EDSTATS: Average Adjusted Test Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A test score that has been standardized over time, across subjects, across schooling levels, and across various international and regional assessments. It is calculated by creating a ratio between U.S. scores averaged across subjects and over schooling level on all international tests (such as PISA and TIMSS) to average scores averaged across subjects and over schooling levels on the U.S. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) approximated to the nearest 5-year time step from 1965-2010. All raw international scores are averaged across subjects and over school levels and approximated to the nearest 5-year interval, averaged across tests, and then multiplied by this ratio. This makes these adjusted scores comparable over time, across countries and across international tests. Test scores from countries which only participate in regional assessments are included in the above transformation after being averaged across subjects and over schooling levels and then multiplied by a ratio comparing average scores across subjects and schooling levels in a given regional test and average scores across subjects and schooling levels on an international assessment for all doubloon countries - countries which participate in the same regional assessment and an international test. This makes adjusted test scores comparable over time, across subjects, across schooling levels, over countries and over all assessments.