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Table S-16-3. Standard Errors for the Average scores of 15-year-old students on science literacy scale, by country: 2006 and 2009
| Country |
Science literacy score |
|
Change in score, 2006 to 2009 |
| 2006 |
|
2009 |
|
| OECD average |
0.5 |
|
0.5 |
|
2.7 |
| OECD countries |
|
|
|
|
|
| Australia |
2.3 |
|
2.5 |
|
† |
| Austria |
3.9 |
|
3.2 |
|
5.7 |
| Belgium |
2.5 |
|
2.5 |
|
4.4 |
| Canada |
2.0 |
|
1.6 |
|
3.7 |
| Chile |
4.3 |
|
2.9 |
|
5.8 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Czech Republic |
3.5 |
|
3.0 |
|
5.2 |
| Denmark |
3.1 |
|
2.5 |
|
4.7 |
| Estonia |
2.5 |
|
2.7 |
|
4.5 |
| Finland |
2.0 |
|
2.3 |
|
4.0 |
| France |
3.4 |
|
3.6 |
|
5.6 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Germany |
3.8 |
|
2.8 |
|
5.4 |
| Greece |
3.2 |
|
4.0 |
|
5.8 |
| Hungary |
2.7 |
|
3.1 |
|
4.9 |
| Iceland |
1.6 |
|
1.4 |
|
3.4 |
| Ireland |
3.2 |
|
3.3 |
|
† |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Israel |
3.7 |
|
3.1 |
|
5.5 |
| Italy |
2.0 |
|
1.8 |
|
3.7 |
| Japan |
3.4 |
|
3.4 |
|
5.4 |
| Korea, Republic of |
3.4 |
|
3.4 |
|
5.5 |
| Luxembourg |
1.1 |
|
1.2 |
|
3.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Mexico |
2.7 |
|
1.8 |
|
4.1 |
| Netherlands |
2.7 |
|
5.4 |
|
6.6 |
| New Zealand |
2.7 |
|
2.6 |
|
4.5 |
| Norway |
3.1 |
|
2.6 |
|
4.8 |
| Poland |
2.3 |
|
2.4 |
|
4.2 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Portugal |
3.0 |
|
2.9 |
|
4.9 |
| Slovak Republic |
2.6 |
|
3.0 |
|
4.7 |
| Slovenia |
1.1 |
|
1.1 |
|
3.0 |
| Spain |
2.6 |
|
2.1 |
|
† |
| Sweden |
2.4 |
|
2.7 |
|
4.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Switzerland |
3.2 |
|
2.8 |
|
5.0 |
| Turkey |
3.8 |
|
3.6 |
|
5.9 |
| United Kingdom |
2.3 |
|
2.5 |
|
4.3 |
| United States |
4.2 |
|
3.6 |
|
6.1 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-OECD countries |
|
|
|
|
|
| Albania |
† |
|
3.9 |
|
† |
| Argentina |
6.1 |
|
4.6 |
|
8.0 |
| Azerbaijan |
2.8 |
|
3.1 |
|
4.8 |
| Brazil |
2.8 |
|
2.4 |
|
4.5 |
| Bulgaria |
6.1 |
|
5.9 |
|
8.9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Chinese Taipei |
3.6 |
|
2.6 |
|
5.1 |
| Colombia |
3.4 |
|
3.6 |
|
5.6 |
| Croatia |
2.4 |
|
2.8 |
|
4.5 |
| Dubai-UAE |
† |
|
1.2 |
|
† |
| Hong Kong-China |
2.5 |
|
2.8 |
|
4.5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Indonesia |
5.7 |
|
3.8 |
|
7.3 |
| Jordan |
2.8 |
|
3.5 |
|
5.2 |
| Kazakhstan |
† |
|
3.1 |
|
† |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
2.9 |
|
2.9 |
|
4.9 |
| Latvia |
3.0 |
|
3.1 |
|
5.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Liechtenstein |
4.1 |
|
3.4 |
|
5.9 |
| Lithuania |
2.8 |
|
2.9 |
|
4.8 |
| Macao-China |
1.1 |
|
1.0 |
|
† |
| Montenegro, Republic of |
1.1 |
|
2.0 |
|
3.4 |
| Panama |
† |
|
5.7 |
|
† |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Peru |
† |
|
3.5 |
|
† |
| Qatar |
0.9 |
|
0.9 |
|
2.9 |
| Romania |
4.2 |
|
3.4 |
|
6.0 |
| Russian Federation |
3.7 |
|
3.3 |
|
5.6 |
| Serbia, Republic of |
3.0 |
|
2.4 |
|
4.6 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Shanghai-China |
† |
|
2.3 |
|
† |
| Singapore |
† |
|
1.4 |
|
† |
| Thailand |
2.1 |
|
3.0 |
|
4.5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
† |
|
1.2 |
|
† |
| Tunisia |
3.0 |
|
2.7 |
|
4.8 |
| Uruguay |
2.7 |
|
2.6 |
|
4.6 |
| † Not applicable. |
|
|
|
|
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| 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 S2; data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2006 and 2009. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2010). Learning Trends: Changes in Student Performance Since 2000 (Volume V), Annex B1, Table V.3.4. |
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