Education in States and Nations: 1991
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Average minutes Days of Average hours
of instruction instruction of instruction
Country per school day per year per year
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Sao Paulo and Fortaleza, Brazil 0.7 2.5 **
Canada 0.2 1.4 **
China 2.1 2.1 **
England 1.8 3.1 **
France 1.7 1.2 **
Germany (West) ** ** **
Hungary 1.5 1.6 **
Ireland 0.9 1.6 **
Israel 2.2 1.7 **
Emilia Romagna, Italy 0.5 1.1 **
Japan ** ** **
Jordan 1.6 1.1 **
Korea 0.4 1.6 **
Portugal 1.1 1.6 **
Scotland 0.9 1.6 **
Slovenia 1.5 1.5 **
Soviet Union 2.1 1.8 **
Spain 2.3 1.5 **
Switzerland 3.2 1.5 **
Taiwan 2.5 1.2 **
United States 0.4 2.4 **
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** Not applicable or available.SOURCE: Educational Testing Service, International Assessment of Educational Progress, Learning Mathematics, Figure 5.2. For West Germany: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Study of Reading Literacy, 1992. For Japan: Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture, National Institute of Educational Research, Government of Japan, 1992.
Standard Errors: Table 20bx
