Average PISA science literacy scores of 15-year-old students, by jurisdiction: 2000, 2003, and 2006

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Table B.1.32.

Average PISA science literacy scores of 15-year-old students, by jurisdiction: 2000, 2003, and 2006

Jurisdiction		2000					2003				2006
Jurisdiction		Average score			s.e.		Average score		s.e.		Average score		s.e.
	OECD average		500		0.7			500	0.6	∆		500	0.5	∆

OECD countries
	Australia		528		3.5	∆		525	2.1	∆		527	2.3	∆
	Austria		519		2.6	∆		491	3.4	∆		511	3.9	∆
	Belgium		496		4.3			509	2.5	∆		510	2.5	∆
	Canada		529		1.6	∆		519	2.0	∆		534	2.0	∆
	Czech Republic		511		2.4			523	3.4	∆		513	3.5	∆

	Denmark		481		2.8	▼		475	3.0	∆		496	3.1
	Finland		538		2.5	∆		548	1.9	∆		563	2.0	∆
	France		500		3.2			511	3.0	∆		495	3.4
	Germany		487		2.4			502	3.6	∆		516	3.8	∆
	Greece		461		4.9	▼		481	3.8	▼		473	3.2	▼

	Hungary		496		4.2			503	2.8			504	2.7	∆
	Iceland		496		2.2			495	1.5	∆		491	1.6
	Ireland		513		3.2			505	2.7	∆		508	3.2	∆
	Italy		478		3.1	▼		486	3.1	▼		475	2.0	▼
	Japan		550		5.5	∆		548	4.1	∆		531	3.4	∆

	Korea		552		2.7	∆		538	3.5	∆		522	3.4	∆
	Luxembourg		443		2.3	▼		483	1.5	∆		486	1.1
	Mexico		422		3.2	▼		405	3.5	▼		410	2.7	▼
	Netherlands		(3)		†			524	3.1	∆		525	2.7	∆
	New Zealand		528		2.4	∆		521	2.4	∆		530	2.7	∆

	Norway		500		2.8			484	2.9	∆		487	3.1
	Poland		483		5.1			498	2.9			498	2.3
	Portugal		459		4.0	▼		468	3.5	▼		474	3.0	▼
	Slovak Republic		—		†			495	3.7	∆		488	2.6
	Spain		491		3.0			487	2.6			488	2.6

	Sweden		512		2.5			506	2.7	∆		503	2.4	∆
	Switzerland		496		4.4			513	3.7	∆		512	3.2	∆
	Turkey		—		†			434	5.9	▼		424	3.8	▼
	United Kingdom		532		2.7	∆		(4)	†			515	2.3	∆
	United States		499		*7.3*			491	*3.1*			489	*4.2*

Non-OECD jurisdictions
	Albania		376	⁵	2.9	▼		—	†			—	†
	Argentina		396	⁵	8.6	▼		—	†			391	6.1	▼
	Azerbaijan		—		†			—	†			382	2.8	▼
	Brazil		375		3.3	▼		390	4.3			390	2.8	▼
	Bulgaria		448	⁵	4.6	▼		—	†			434	6.1	▼

	Chile		415	⁵	3.4	▼		—	†			438	4.3	▼
	Chinese Taipei		—		†			—	†			532	3.6	∆
	Colombia		—		†			—	†			388	3.4	▼
	Croatia		—		†			—	†			493	2.4
	Estonia		—		†			—	†			531	2.5	∆

	Hong Kong-China		541	⁵	3.0	∆		539	4.3	∆		542	2.5	∆
	Indonesia		393	⁵	3.9	▼		395	3.2	▼		393	5.7	▼
	Israel		434	⁵	9.0	▼		—	†			454	3.7	▼
	Jordan		—		†			—	†			422	2.8	▼
	Kyrgyz Republic		—		†			—	†			322	2.9	▼

	Latvia		460		5.6	▼		489	3.9			490	3.0
	Liechtenstein		476		7.1	▼		525	4.3	∆		522	4.1	∆
	Lithuania		—		†			—	†			488	2.8
	Macao-China		—		†			525	3.0	∆		511	1.1	∆
	Macedonia, FYR		401		2.1	▼		—	†			—	†

	Montenegro, Republic of⁶		—		†			436	3.5	▼		412	1.1	▼
	Peru		333		4.0	▼		—	†			—	†
	Qatar		—		†			—	†			349	0.9	▼
	Romania		441		3.4	▼		—	†			418	4.2	▼
	Russian Federation		460		4.7	▼		489	4.1	▼		479	3.7

	Serbia, Republic of⁶		—		†			436	3.5	▼		436	3.0	▼
	Slovenia		—		†			—	†			519	1.1	∆
	Thailand		436	⁵	3.1	▼		429	2.7	▼		421	2.1	▼
	Tunisia		—		†			385	2.6	▼		386	3.0	▼
	Uruguay		—		†			438	2.9	▼		428	2.7	▼

∆ Score is higher than U.S. score (p <.05).

▼ Score is lower than U.S. score (p <.05).

— Not available. (Data were not collected or not reported)

† Not applicable.

1 Tests for significance have been updated from what was presented in the PISA 2000 U.S. report (Lemke, Calsyn, Lippman, Jocelyn, Kastberg, Liu, Roey, Williams, Kruger, and Bairu, 2001). Some jurisdiction differences reported here were not reported as statistically significant in the PISA 2000 U.S. report. In that report, a Bonferroni adjustment was used in all multiple comparisons of jurisdictions. This was not the case when PISA 2003 and 2006 data were analyzed and reported, thus PISA 2000 tests have been updated in this report to keep consistency across years. For more details, see appendix A of Provasnik, Gonzales, and Miller (2009).

2 The science framework was revised for PISA 2006. Because of changes in the framework, it is not possible to compare science learning outcomes from PISA 2006 with those of earlier PISA assessments. The line dividing PISA 2006 results from those of PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 indicates that these data are not comparable. For more details, see OECD 2007 (available at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/17/39703267.pdf).

³Because of technical problems with its sample, 2000 data for the Netherlands have been omitted from PISA reports.

⁴Because of low response rates, 2003 data for the United Kingdom have been omitted from PISA reports.

⁵Did not participate with other jurisdictions in PISA in 2000; administered PISA in 2001.

⁶The Republics of Montenegro and Serbia were a united jurisdiction for the PISA 2003 assessment.

NOTE: The OECD average is the average of the national averages of the OECD member countries. Because PISA is principally an OECD study, the results for non-OECD jurisdictions are displayed separately from those of the OECD countries and are not included in the OECD average. Science literacy scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. The tests for significance take into account the standard error for the reported difference. Thus, a small difference between the United States and one jurisdiction may be significant while a large difference between the United States and another jurisdiction may not be significant. Standard error is noted by s.e.

SOURCE: Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2000, 2003, and 2006. Provasnik, S., Gonzales, P., and Miller, D. (2009). U.S. Performance Across International Assessments of Student Achievement: Special Supplement to The Condition of Education 2009 (NCES 2009-083), table A-8. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.