Elementary and Secondary Education
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Table A-15-2. Average scores of 15-year-old students on combined reading literacy scale, by sex and country: 2009
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| Country |
Combined reading literacy score |
| Female |
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Male |
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Female-male score difference* |
| OECD average |
513 |
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474 |
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39 |
| OECD countries |
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| Australia |
533 |
|
496 |
|
37 |
| Austria |
490 |
|
449 |
|
41 |
| Belgium |
520 |
|
493 |
|
27 |
| Canada |
542 |
|
507 |
|
34 |
| Chile |
461 |
|
439 |
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22 |
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| Czech Republic |
504 |
|
456 |
|
48 |
| Denmark |
509 |
|
480 |
|
29 |
| Estonia |
524 |
|
480 |
|
44 |
| Finland |
563 |
|
508 |
|
55 |
| France |
515 |
|
475 |
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40 |
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| Germany |
518 |
|
478 |
|
40 |
| Greece |
506 |
|
459 |
|
47 |
| Hungary |
513 |
|
475 |
|
38 |
| Iceland |
522 |
|
478 |
|
44 |
| Ireland |
515 |
|
476 |
|
39 |
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| Israel |
495 |
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452 |
|
42 |
| Italy |
510 |
|
464 |
|
46 |
| Japan |
540 |
|
501 |
|
39 |
| Korea, Republic of |
558 |
|
523 |
|
35 |
| Luxembourg |
492 |
|
453 |
|
39 |
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| Mexico |
438 |
|
413 |
|
25 |
| Netherlands |
521 |
|
496 |
|
24 |
| New Zealand |
544 |
|
499 |
|
46 |
| Norway |
527 |
|
480 |
|
47 |
| Poland |
525 |
|
476 |
|
50 |
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| Portugal |
508 |
|
470 |
|
38 |
| Slovak Republic |
503 |
|
452 |
|
51 |
| Slovenia |
511 |
|
456 |
|
55 |
| Spain |
496 |
|
467 |
|
29 |
| Sweden |
521 |
|
475 |
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46 |
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| Switzerland |
520 |
|
481 |
|
39 |
| Turkey |
486 |
|
443 |
|
43 |
| United Kingdom |
507 |
|
481 |
|
25 |
| United States |
513 |
|
488 |
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25 |
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| Non-OECD countries |
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| Albania |
417 |
|
355 |
|
62 |
| Argentina |
415 |
|
379 |
|
37 |
| Azerbaijan |
374 |
|
350 |
|
24 |
| Brazil |
425 |
|
397 |
|
29 |
| Bulgaria |
461 |
|
400 |
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61 |
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| Chinese Taipei |
514 |
|
477 |
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37 |
| Colombia |
418 |
|
408 |
|
9 |
| Croatia |
503 |
|
452 |
|
51 |
| Dubai-UAE |
485 |
|
435 |
|
51 |
| Hong Kong-China |
550 |
|
518 |
|
33 |
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| Indonesia |
420 |
|
383 |
|
37 |
| Jordan |
434 |
|
377 |
|
57 |
| Kazakhstan |
412 |
|
369 |
|
43 |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
340 |
|
287 |
|
53 |
| Latvia |
507 |
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460 |
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47 |
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| Liechtenstein |
516 |
|
484 |
|
32 |
| Lithuania |
498 |
|
439 |
|
59 |
| Macao-China |
504 |
|
470 |
|
34 |
| Montenegro, Republic of |
434 |
|
382 |
|
53 |
| Panama |
387 |
|
354 |
|
33 |
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| Peru |
381 |
|
359 |
|
22 |
| Qatar |
397 |
|
347 |
|
50 |
| Romania |
445 |
|
403 |
|
43 |
| Russian Federation |
482 |
|
437 |
|
45 |
| Serbia, Republic of |
462 |
|
422 |
|
39 |
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| Shanghai-China |
576 |
|
536 |
|
40 |
| Singapore |
542 |
|
511 |
|
31 |
| Thailand |
438 |
|
400 |
|
38 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
445 |
|
387 |
|
58 |
| Tunisia |
418 |
|
387 |
|
31 |
| Uruguay |
445 |
|
404 |
|
42 |
| * p <05. All differences between females and males are significantly different at the05 level of statistical significance. Differences were computed using unrounded numbers. |
| NOTE: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average is the average of the national averages of the OECD member countries, with each country weighted equally. Because the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is principally an OECD study, the results for non-OECD countries are displayed separately from those of the OECD countries and are not included in the OECD average. Scores are reported on a scale of 0 to 1,000. Italics indicate education systems in non-national entities. UAE is the United Arab Emirates. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. For more information on PISA, see supplemental note 5. |
| SOURCE: Fleischman, H.L., Hopstock, P.J., Pelczar, M.P., and Shelley, B.E. (2010). Highlights From PISA 2009: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy in an International Context (NCES 2011-004), table 4; data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2009. |
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