
Figure CL-S-4. Standard errors for Figure 4: Change in average PISA reading literacy scores of 15-year-old students in selected jurisdictions, by jurisdiction: 2000 to 2003
| Average score | Jurisdiction, ordered by 2003 score | Change in score | |
| 2000 | 2003 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.6 | Finland | 3.1 |
| 2.4 | 3.1 | Korea, Republic of | 3.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Canada | 2.3 |
| 3.5 | 2.1 | Australia | 4.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Liechtenstein | 5.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | New Zealand | 3.7 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Ireland | 4.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Sweden | 3.3 |
| 3.6 | 2.6 | Belgium | 4.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Norway | 3.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.3 | Switzerland | 5.3 |
| 5.2 | 3.9 | Japan | 6.5 |
| 4.5 | 2.9 | Poland | 5.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | France | 3.8 |
| 7.1 | 3.2 | United States | 7.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | Denmark | 3.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Iceland | 2.1 |
| 2.5 | 3.4 | Germany | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 3.8 | Austria | 4.5 |
| 5.3 | 3.7 | Latvia | 6.4 |
| 2.4 | 3.5 | Czech Republic | 4.2 |
| 4.0 | 2.5 | Hungary | 4.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Spain | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Luxembourg | 2.2 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | Portugal | 5.8 |
| 2.9 | 3.0 | Italy | 4.2 |
| 5.0 | 4.1 | Greece | 6.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Russian Federation | 5.7 |
| 3.1 | 4.6 | Brazil | 5.5 |
| 3.3 | 4.1 | Mexico | 5.3 |
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2000 and 2003. |
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