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Participation in the most recent international assessments, by jurisdiction and target population


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Jurisdiction PIRLS 2006 TIMSS 2007 PISA 2006
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OECD        
Australia   black indicator black indicator black indicator
Austria black indicator black indicator   black indicator
Belgium       black indicator
Flemish black indicator      
French black indicator      
Canada       black indicator
Alberta black indicator white indicator    
British Columbia black indicator white indicator white indicator  
Nova Scotia black indicator      
Ontario black indicator white indicator white indicator  
Quebec black indicator white indicator white indicator  
Czech Republic   black indicator black indicator black indicator
Denmark black indicator black indicator   black indicator
Finland       black indicator
France black indicator     black indicator
Germany black indicator black indicator   black indicator
Greece       black indicator
Hungary black indicator black indicator black indicator black indicator
Iceland black indicator     black indicator
Ireland       black indicator
Italy black indicator black indicator black indicator black indicator
Japan   black indicator black indicator black indicator
Korea, Republic of     black indicator black indicator
Luxembourg black indicator     black indicator
Mexico       black indicator
Netherlands black indicator black indicator   black indicator
New Zealand black indicator black indicator   black indicator
Norway black indicator black indicator black indicator black indicator
Poland black indicator     black indicator
Portugal       black indicator
Slovak Republic black indicator black indicator   black indicator
Spain black indicator     black indicator
Basque country     white indicator  
Sweden black indicator black indicator black indicator black indicator
Switzerland       black indicator
Turkey     black indicator black indicator
United Kingdom       black indicator
England black indicator black indicator black indicator  
Scotland black indicator black indicator black indicator  
United States black indicator black indicator black indicator black indicator
Massachusetts   white indicator white indicator  
Minnesota   white indicator white indicator  
Non-OECD        
Algeria   black indicator black indicator  
Argentina       black indicator
Armenia   black indicator black indicator  
Azerbaijan       black indicator
Bahrain     black indicator  
Bosnia and Herzegovina     black indicator  
Botswana     black indicator  
Brazil       black indicator
Bulgaria black indicator   black indicator black indicator
Chile       black indicator
Chinese Taipei black indicator black indicator black indicator black indicator
Colombia   black indicator black indicator black indicator
Croatia       black indicator
Cyprus     black indicator  
United Arab Emirates        
Dubai   white indicator white indicator  
Egypt     black indicator  
El Salvador   black indicator black indicator  
Estonia       black indicator
Georgia black indicator black indicator black indicator  
Ghana     black indicator  
Hong Kong-China black indicator black indicator black indicator black indicator
Indonesia black indicator   black indicator black indicator
Iran, Islamic Republic of black indicator black indicator black indicator  
Israel black indicator   black indicator black indicator
Jordan     black indicator black indicator
Kazakhstan   black indicator    
Kyrgyz Republic       black indicator
Kuwait black indicator black indicator black indicator  
Latvia black indicator black indicator   black indicator
Lebanon     black indicator  
Liechtenstein       black indicator
Lithuania black indicator black indicator black indicator black indicator
Macedonia, Republic of black indicator      
Macao-China       black indicator
Malaysia     black indicator  
Malta     black indicator  
Moldova, Republic of black indicator      
Montenegro, Republic of       black indicator
Morocco black indicator black indicator    
Oman     black indicator  
Palestinian Nat’l Auth.     black indicator  
Qatar black indicator black indicator black indicator black indicator
Romania black indicator   black indicator black indicator
Russian Federation black indicator black indicator black indicator black indicator
Saudi Arabia     black indicator  
Serbia, Republic of     black indicator black indicator
Singapore black indicator black indicator black indicator  
Slovenia black indicator black indicator black indicator black indicator
South Africa black indicator      
Syrian Arab Republic     black indicator  
Thailand     black indicator black indicator
Trinidad and Tobago black indicator      
Tunisia   black indicator black indicator black indicator
Ukraine   black indicator black indicator  
Uruguay       black indicator
Yemen   black indicator    
white indicator indicates jurisdictions that participated as "benchmarking participants."
black indicator indicates participation in the particular assessment.
SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), 2006; IEA, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2007; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2006.

Assessment items are available online. Visit the following NCES websites to view publicly released items:

PIRLS: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/PIRLS
TIMSS: http://nces.ed.gov/TIMSS
PISA: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/PISA

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