Special Analysis 2009
Reading results for 15-year-olds
Table S-3. Standard errors for the average PISA scores of 15-year-old students on reading literacy scale and cutpoint scores for bottom and top 10 percent of students in each jurisdiction, by jurisdiction: 2003
| Jurisdiction |
PISA |
Cutpoint score |
| Average score |
Bottom 10 percent |
Top 10 percent |
| All OECD jurisdictions |
0.6 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
| |
| OECD |
|
|
|
| Finland |
1.6 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
| Korea, Republic of |
3.1 |
5.2 |
4.1 |
| Canada |
1.8 |
3.1 |
2.1 |
| Australia |
2.1 |
3.6 |
2.7 |
| New Zealand |
2.5 |
4.4 |
2.9 |
| Ireland |
2.6 |
4.6 |
3.0 |
| Sweden |
2.4 |
4.3 |
2.9 |
| Netherlands |
2.9 |
5.2 |
2.9 |
| Belgium |
2.6 |
6.6 |
2.1 |
| Norway |
2.8 |
4.7 |
3.9 |
| Switzerland |
3.3 |
5.6 |
3.9 |
| Japan |
3.9 |
6.5 |
4.8 |
| Poland |
2.9 |
5.0 |
3.4 |
| France |
2.7 |
7.0 |
2.7 |
| United States |
3.2 |
5.2 |
3.5 |
| Denmark |
2.8 |
4.6 |
2.7 |
| Iceland |
1.6 |
4.8 |
2.8 |
| Germany |
3.4 |
6.8 |
3.2 |
| Austria |
3.8 |
6.3 |
3.7 |
| Czech Republic |
3.5 |
6.9 |
3.8 |
| Hungary |
2.5 |
4.2 |
3.4 |
| Spain |
2.6 |
4.9 |
2.8 |
| Luxembourg |
1.5 |
2.9 |
2.1 |
| Portugal |
3.7 |
7.1 |
3.5 |
| Italy |
3.0 |
6.8 |
2.1 |
| Greece |
4.1 |
6.2 |
4.4 |
| Slovak Republic |
3.1 |
5.8 |
3.0 |
| Turkey |
5.8 |
5.3 |
11.4 |
| Mexico |
4.1 |
5.5 |
6.1 |
| |
| Non-OECD |
|
|
|
| Liechtenstein |
3.6 |
11.7 |
11.8 |
| Hong Kong-China |
3.7 |
6.7 |
2.9 |
| Macao-China |
2.2 |
5.1 |
3.7 |
| Latvia |
3.7 |
5.3 |
4.6 |
| Russian Federation |
3.9 |
6.1 |
4.4 |
| Uruguay |
3.4 |
6.0 |
4.5 |
| Thailand |
2.8 |
3.4 |
4.5 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
3.6 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
| Brazil |
4.6 |
7.5 |
5.2 |
| Indonesia |
3.4 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
| Tunisia |
2.8 |
3.8 |
4.3 |
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2004). Learning for Tomorrow’s World: First Results from PISA 2003, table 6.2. Paris: Author. |
