Special Analysis 2009
Science results for 15-year-olds
Table S-9. Standard errors for the average PISA scores of 15-year-old students on science literacy scale and cutpoint scores for bottom and top 10 percent of students in each jurisdiction, by jurisdiction: 2006
| Jurisdiction |
TIMSS |
Cutpoint score |
| Average score |
Bottom 10 percent |
Top 10 percent |
| All OECD jurisdictions |
0.5 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
| |
| OECD |
|
|
|
| Finland |
2.0 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
| Canada |
2.0 |
3.7 |
2.4 |
| Japan |
3.4 |
6.2 |
3.1 |
| New Zealand |
2.7 |
4.5 |
3.3 |
| Australia |
2.3 |
3.4 |
2.9 |
| Netherlands |
2.7 |
5.4 |
3.4 |
| Korea, Republic of |
3.4 |
5.7 |
4.7 |
| Germany |
3.8 |
7.0 |
3.2 |
| United Kingdom |
2.3 |
4.3 |
2.9 |
| Czech Republic |
3.5 |
5.2 |
4.3 |
| Switzerland |
3.2 |
4.9 |
3.8 |
| Austria |
3.9 |
6.2 |
3.6 |
| Belgium |
2.5 |
5.4 |
2.3 |
| Ireland |
3.2 |
4.4 |
3.7 |
| Hungary |
2.7 |
4.2 |
3.1 |
| Sweden |
2.4 |
4.0 |
2.6 |
| Poland |
2.3 |
2.9 |
3.3 |
| Denmark |
3.1 |
4.8 |
3.7 |
| France |
3.4 |
5.5 |
4.0 |
| Iceland |
1.6 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
| United States |
4.2 |
5.9 |
4.3 |
| Slovak Republic |
2.6 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
| Spain |
2.6 |
3.7 |
3.0 |
| Norway |
3.1 |
5.6 |
3.5 |
| Luxembourg |
1.1 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
| Italy |
2.0 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
| Portugal |
3.0 |
4.8 |
2.9 |
| Greece |
3.2 |
5.4 |
4.1 |
| Turkey |
3.8 |
3.2 |
9.7 |
| Mexico |
2.7 |
4.2 |
3.0 |
| |
| Non-OECD |
|
|
|
| Hong Kong-China |
2.5 |
6.1 |
3.5 |
| Chinese Taipei |
3.6 |
5.0 |
2.7 |
| Estonia |
2.5 |
3.8 |
3.3 |
| Liechtenstein |
4.1 |
12.8 |
9.4 |
| Slovenia |
1.1 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
| Macao-China |
1.1 |
2.5 |
1.8 |
| Croatia |
2.4 |
3.8 |
3.2 |
| Latvia |
3.0 |
4.2 |
3.5 |
| Lithuania |
2.8 |
3.2 |
4.2 |
| Russian Federation |
3.7 |
5.4 |
3.9 |
| Israel |
3.7 |
5.2 |
4.5 |
| Chile |
4.3 |
4.1 |
6.5 |
| Serbia, Republic of |
3.0 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
| Bulgaria |
6.1 |
7.1 |
8.2 |
| Uruguay |
2.7 |
4.9 |
3.6 |
| Jordan |
2.8 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
| Thailand |
2.1 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
| Romania |
4.2 |
5.0 |
5.7 |
| Montenegro, Republic of |
1.1 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
| Indonesia |
5.7 |
3.5 |
11.8 |
| Argentina |
6.1 |
9.0 |
6.5 |
| Brazil |
2.8 |
3.2 |
5.6 |
| Colombia |
3.4 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
| Tunisia |
3.0 |
3.4 |
6.0 |
| Azerbaijan |
2.8 |
2.4 |
6.4 |
| Qatar |
0.9 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
2.9 |
3.8 |
5.0 |
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2007). PISA 2006: Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World, Volume 2: Data, table 2.1c. Paris: Author. |
