Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): 2012 Results -Problem Solving: School Poverty Indicator

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Problem Solving: School Poverty Indicator

Average Scores

Table PS6. Average scores of U.S. 15-year-old public school students on PISA problem solving scale, by percentage of students in enrolled schools eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, based on principals' reports: 2012
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	Average score		*s.e.*
U.S. average	508	**	*3.9*
Less than 10 percent	563	*	14.0
10 to 24.9 percent	531	*	5.0
25 to 49.9 percent	532	*	7.0
50 to 74.9 percent	494	***	5.6
75 percent or more	466	*	9.0
OECD average (PS)	500	*******	*0.7*
* p<.05. Significantly different from both the U.S. and OECD averages at the .05 level of statistical significance. p<.05. Significantly different from the OECD average at the .05 level of statistical significance. * p<.05. Significantly different from the U.S. average at the .05 level of statistical significance. NOTE: Scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. The National School Lunch Program provides free or reduced-price lunch for students meeting certain income guidelines. The percentage of students receiving such lunch is an indicator of the socioeconomic level of families served by the school. Data in this table are based on principals' responses to a question in the school questionnaire that asked the approximate percentage of eligible students in the school during the previous school year. The OECD average (PS) is the average of the national percentages of the 28 OECD member countries that participated in the problem solving (PS) assessment, with each country weighted equally. The following OECD countries did not participate in the problem solving assessment: Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, and Switzerland. Standard error is noted by s.e. Free or reduced-price lunch data are for public schools only. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2012.