Exhibit 1.12 presents the description of achievement at the High International Benchmark. Fourth grade students reaching this level demonstrated proficiency with a variety of topics in the framework.

Exhibit 1.12.1 provides an example from the number domain. Fifty-three percent of the fourth grade students, on average, were able to identify the expression that represented how to calculate the amount of water in the tank. With 79 percent correct, Japan and Singapore had the highest percentages of students answering this item correctly.

Exhibit 1.12.2 provides another example from the number domain. In this item, students were asked to solve a word problem involving fractions. Students in the five high-performing East Asian countries and students in Finland were the most successful—more than 75 percent correct. The international average was 47 percent.

Exhibit 1.12.3 shows an example from the data domain. Two-thirds or more of the fourth grade students in a number of countries were able to complete a pictograph, with 61 percent correct, on average.