Closer Look 2009

Figure 1

Percentage of fourth-grade students reaching the PIRLS international benchmarks in reading, by jurisdiction: 2006
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 2

Change in average PIRLS reading literacy scores of fourth-grade students in selected jurisdictions, by jurisdiction: 2001 to 2006
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 3

Percentage distribution of 15-year-old students on PISA reading literacy scale, by proficiency level and jurisdiction: 2003
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 4

Change in average PISA reading literacy scores of 15-year-old students in selected jurisdictions, by jurisdiction: 2000 to 2003
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 5

Percentage of fourth-grade students reaching the TIMSS international benchmarks in mathematics, by jurisdiction: 2007
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 6

Percentage of eighth-grade students reaching the TIMSS international benchmarks in mathematics, by jurisdiction: 2007
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 7

Change in average TIMSS mathematics scores of fourth-grade students in selected jurisdictions, by jurisdiction: 1995 to 2007
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 8

Change in average TIMSS mathematics scores of eighth-grade students in selected jurisdictions, by jurisdiction: 1995 to 2007
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 9

Percentage distribution of 15-year-old students on PISA mathematics literacy scale, by proficiency level and jurisdiction: 2006
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 10

Change in average PISA mathematics scores of 15-year-old students in selected jurisdictions, by jurisdiction: 2003 to 2006
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 11

Percentage of fourth-grade students reaching the TIMSS international benchmarks in science, by jurisdiction: 2007
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 12

Percentage of eighth-grade students reaching the TIMSS international benchmarks in science, by jurisdiction: 2007
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 13

Change in average TIMSS science scores of fourth-grade students in selected jurisdictions, by jurisdiction: 1995 to 2007
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 14

Change in average TIMSS science scores of eighth-grade students in selected jurisdictions, by jurisdiction: 1995 to 2007
(Standard Error Table)

Figure 15

Percentage distribution of 15-year-old students on PISA science literacy scale, by proficiency level and jurisdiction: 2006
(Standard Error Table)

Figure A-1

Distribution of PISA scores for 15-year-old students on the mathematics literacy scale at the 10th and 90th percentiles, by OECD jurisdiction: 2006

Figure A-2

Distribution of PISA scores for 15-year-old students on the mathematics literacy scale at the 10th and 90th percentiles, by non-OECD jurisdiction: 2006