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The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) focuses on young people's ability to use their knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. This orientation reflects a change in the goals and objectives of curricula themselves, which are increasingly concerned with what students can do with what they learn at school and not merely with whether they have mastered specific curricular content. Since the year 2000, every three years, fifteen-year-old students from randomly selected schools worldwide take tests in the key subjects: reading, mathematics and science, with a focus on one subject in each year of assessment. The latest set of results from the 2012 data collection (PISA 2012) focuses on mathematics. The 2015 assessment will focus on science literacy. The information collected through background questionnaires also provides context which can help analysts interpret the results.

DATA TABLE
Indicator SECONDARY Student performance in mathematics, mean score Student performance in reading, mean score Student performance in science, mean score Student performance in mathematics, mean score, standard deviation, score points Boys' performance in mathematics, mean score Girls' performance in mathematics, mean score Gender difference in performance in mathematics, mean score (boys-girls) (2012) Download Indicator 12 22 6 10 11 (2012) Download Indicator 498 494 512 513 489 (2012) Download Indicator 510 517 518 523 499 (2012) Download Indicator 96 92 102 89 92 (2012) Download Indicator 521 506 505 525 501 (2012) Download Indicator 512 490 509 523 496 (2012) Download Indicator 504 506 515 518 494 Sort Australia Austria Belgium Canada OECD average

Difference in performance in mathematics between the 90th and 10th percentiles Low performers in mathematics (below proficiency level 2), percentage Top performers in mathematics (proficiency levels 5 and 6), percentage Low performers in mathematics (below proficiency level 2), boys, percentage Top performers in mathematics (proficiency levels 5 and 6), boys, percentage Low performers in mathematics (below proficiency level 2), girls, percentage Top performers in mathematics (proficiency levels 5 and 6), girls, percentage Student performance in reading, mean score, standard deviation, score points Boys' performance in reading, mean score Girls' performance in reading, mean score Gender difference in performance in reading, mean score (boys-girls) Difference in performance in reading between the 90th and the 10th percentiles Low performers in reading (below proficiency level 2), percentage Top performers in reading (proficiency levels 5 and 6), percentage Low performers in reading (below proficiency level 2), boys, percentage Top performers in reading (proficiency levels 5 and 6), boys, percentage Low performers in reading (below

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249

240

268

231

239

(2012) Download Indicator

19.7

18.6

18.9

13.8

23.0

(2012) Download Indicator

14.8

14.3

19.4

16.4

12.6

(2012) Download Indicator

18.3

16.1

19.3

13.4

22.1

(2012) Download Indicator

17.0

18.0

21.4

19.0

14.7

(2012) Download Indicator

21.1

21.2

18.4

14.3

23.9

(2012) Download Indicator

12.4

10.6

17.4

13.8

10.6

(2012) Download Indicator

97

92

103

92

94

(2012) Download Indicator (2012) Download Indicator (2012) Download Indicator

495

471

493

506

478

530

508

525

541

515

-34

-37

-32

-35

-38

(2012) Download Indicator

249

238

264

235

242

(2012) Download Indicator

14.2

19.5

16.2

10.9

18.0

(2012) Download Indicator

11.7

5.5

12.3

12.8

8.4

(2012) Download Indicator

19.0

26.2

20.8

15.2

23.9

(2012) Download Indicator

9.2

3.7

9.8

9.7

6.1

(2012) Download Indicator

9.1

12.8

11.5

6.6

11.9

proficiency level 2), girls, percentage Top performers in reading (proficiency levels 5 and 6), girls, percentage Student performance in science, mean score, standard deviation, score points Boys' performance in science, mean score Girls' performance in science, mean score Gender difference in performance in science, mean score (boys-girls) Difference in performance in science between the 90th and the 10th percentiles Low performers in science (below proficiency level 2), percentage Top performers in science (proficiency levels 5 and 6), percentage Low performers in science (below proficiency level 2), boys, percentage Top performers in science (proficiency levels 5 and 6), boys, percentage Low performers in science (below proficiency level 2), girls, percentage Top performers in science (proficiency levels 5 and 6), girls, percentage (2012) Download Indicator 12.2 6.0 8.0 10.1 7.4 (2012) Download Indicator 13.3 15.4 16.1 9.7 16.9 (2012) Download Indicator 14.8 9.7 10.6 12.6 9.3 (2012) Download Indicator 13.9 16.2 19.1 11.1 18.6 (2012) Download Indicator 13.6 7.8 9.3 11.3 8.4 (2012) Download Indicator 13.6 15.8 17.6 10.4 17.8 (2012) Download Indicator 259 240 261 232 239 (2012) Download Indicator (2012) Download Indicator (2012) Download Indicator 5 9 -0 3 1 519 501 506 524 500 524 510 505 527 502 (2012) Download Indicator 100 92 101 91 93 (2012) Download Indicator 14.5 7.3 14.8 16.0 10.8

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| PISA 2012 Key findings | PISA 2012 website | Who are the strong performers and successful reformers in education? | PISA 2012 Assessment and Analytical Framework | About PISA (video) |

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