Elementary and Secondary Education
Assessments
Table S-15-1. Standard Errors for the Average scores of 15-year-old students on combined reading literacy scale and reading literacy subscales, by country: 2009
| Country |
Combined reading literacy score |
|
Reading literacy subscale |
|
| |
Access and retrieve |
|
Integrate and interpret |
|
Reflect and evaluate |
|
| OECD average |
0.5 |
|
0.5 |
|
0.5 |
|
0.5 |
|
| OECD countries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Australia |
2.3 |
|
2.4 |
|
2.4 |
|
2.5 |
|
| Austria |
2.9 |
|
3.2 |
|
2.9 |
|
3.4 |
|
| Belgium |
2.3 |
|
2.4 |
|
2.5 |
|
2.5 |
|
| Canada |
1.5 |
|
1.5 |
|
1.5 |
|
1.6 |
|
| Chile |
3.1 |
|
3.4 |
|
3.1 |
|
3.2 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Czech Republic |
2.9 |
|
3.2 |
|
2.9 |
|
3.1 |
|
| Denmark |
2.1 |
|
2.6 |
|
2.1 |
|
2.6 |
|
| Estonia |
2.6 |
|
3.0 |
|
2.8 |
|
2.6 |
|
| Finland |
2.3 |
|
2.7 |
|
2.3 |
|
2.2 |
|
| France |
3.4 |
|
3.8 |
|
3.6 |
|
3.4 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Germany |
2.7 |
|
3.5 |
|
2.8 |
|
2.8 |
|
| Greece |
4.3 |
|
4.4 |
|
4.0 |
|
4.9 |
|
| Hungary |
3.2 |
|
3.7 |
|
3.2 |
|
3.3 |
|
| Iceland |
1.4 |
|
1.6 |
|
1.5 |
|
1.4 |
|
| Ireland |
3.0 |
|
3.3 |
|
3.0 |
|
3.1 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Israel |
3.6 |
|
4.1 |
|
3.4 |
|
4.0 |
|
| Italy |
1.6 |
|
1.8 |
|
1.6 |
|
1.8 |
|
| Japan |
3.5 |
|
3.8 |
|
3.5 |
|
3.9 |
|
| Korea, Republic of |
3.5 |
|
3.6 |
|
3.4 |
|
3.9 |
|
| Luxembourg |
1.3 |
|
1.3 |
|
1.1 |
|
1.1 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mexico |
2.0 |
|
2.1 |
|
2.0 |
|
1.9 |
|
| Netherlands |
5.1 |
|
5.1 |
|
5.4 |
|
5.0 |
|
| New Zealand |
2.4 |
|
2.4 |
|
2.4 |
|
2.5 |
|
| Norway |
2.6 |
|
2.8 |
|
2.7 |
|
2.7 |
|
| Poland |
2.6 |
|
2.8 |
|
2.8 |
|
2.8 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Portugal |
3.1 |
|
3.3 |
|
3.0 |
|
3.3 |
|
| Slovak Republic |
2.5 |
|
3.0 |
|
2.5 |
|
2.9 |
|
| Slovenia |
1.0 |
|
1.1 |
|
1.1 |
|
1.2 |
|
| Spain |
2.0 |
|
2.1 |
|
2.0 |
|
2.2 |
|
| Sweden |
2.9 |
|
2.9 |
|
3.0 |
|
3.0 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Switzerland |
2.4 |
|
2.7 |
|
2.5 |
|
2.7 |
|
| Turkey |
3.5 |
|
4.1 |
|
3.3 |
|
4.0 |
|
| United Kingdom |
2.3 |
|
2.5 |
|
2.4 |
|
2.4 |
|
| United States |
3.7 |
|
3.6 |
|
3.7 |
|
4.0 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-OECD countries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Albania |
4.0 |
|
4.7 |
|
3.8 |
|
4.6 |
|
| Argentina |
4.6 |
|
4.8 |
|
4.7 |
|
4.8 |
|
| Azerbaijan |
3.3 |
|
4.5 |
|
2.9 |
|
3.8 |
|
| Brazil |
2.7 |
|
3.3 |
|
2.7 |
|
2.7 |
|
| Bulgaria |
6.7 |
|
8.3 |
|
6.4 |
|
7.1 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Chinese Taipei |
2.6 |
|
2.8 |
|
2.5 |
|
2.8 |
|
| Colombia |
3.7 |
|
3.7 |
|
3.8 |
|
4.2 |
|
| Croatia |
2.9 |
|
3.1 |
|
2.9 |
|
3.5 |
|
| Dubai-UAE |
1.1 |
|
1.4 |
|
1.3 |
|
1.1 |
|
| Hong Kong-China |
2.1 |
|
2.7 |
|
2.2 |
|
2.5 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Indonesia |
3.7 |
|
4.7 |
|
3.5 |
|
3.8 |
|
| Jordan |
3.3 |
|
4.0 |
|
3.1 |
|
3.4 |
|
| Kazakhstan |
3.1 |
|
3.7 |
|
3.0 |
|
3.4 |
|
| Kyrgyz Republic |
3.2 |
|
4.0 |
|
2.9 |
|
4.0 |
|
| Latvia |
3.0 |
|
3.6 |
|
2.8 |
|
3.0 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Liechtenstein |
2.8 |
|
4.0 |
|
4.0 |
|
3.2 |
|
| Lithuania |
2.4 |
|
3.0 |
|
2.4 |
|
2.5 |
|
| Macao-China |
0.9 |
|
1.2 |
|
0.8 |
|
0.8 |
|
| Montenegro, Republic of |
1.7 |
|
2.3 |
|
1.6 |
|
1.9 |
|
| Panama |
6.5 |
|
7.7 |
|
5.9 |
|
6.3 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Peru |
4.0 |
|
4.3 |
|
4.0 |
|
4.2 |
|
| Qatar |
0.8 |
|
1.0 |
|
0.9 |
|
1.0 |
|
| Romania |
4.1 |
|
4.7 |
|
4.0 |
|
4.5 |
|
| Russian Federation |
3.3 |
|
3.9 |
|
3.1 |
|
3.7 |
|
| Serbia, Republic of |
2.4 |
|
3.1 |
|
2.4 |
|
2.6 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Shanghai-China |
2.4 |
|
2.9 |
|
2.5 |
|
2.4 |
|
| Singapore |
1.1 |
|
1.4 |
|
1.2 |
|
1.1 |
|
| Thailand |
2.6 |
|
3.5 |
|
2.6 |
|
2.8 |
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1.2 |
|
1.6 |
|
1.4 |
|
1.3 |
|
| Tunisia |
2.9 |
|
3.3 |
|
2.7 |
|
3.0 |
|
| Uruguay |
2.6 |
|
2.9 |
|
2.6 |
|
2.9 |
|
| 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), supplemental table R1; data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2009. |
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