Exhibit 1.11 provides the description of student achievement at the Intermediate International Benchmark. At this level, students could apply their mathematics understanding in a variety of simple situations.

Example 1.11.1 presents an item from the measurement and geometry domain. Students reaching the Intermediate level could complete the symmetrical figure. Ninety-seven percent of the Singaporean fourth grade students could do this task, and the international average was 70 percent.

Example 1.11.2 presents an item from the data domain. High percentages of fourth grade students in a number of countries were able to read data from the line graph. The international average was 68 percent.