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(54KB)| Table 602.50. | Average reading literacy scores of 15-year-old students and percentage attaining reading literacy proficiency levels, by country or other education system: 2012 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country or other education system | Average reading literacy score | Percentage attaining reading literacy proficiency levels1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Below level 2 | At level 2 | At level 3 | At level 4 | At or above level 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total below level 2 | Below level 1b |
At level 1b | At level 1a | Total at or above level 5 |
At level 5 | At level 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| OECD average2 | 496 | (0.5) | 18.0 | (0.18) | 1.3 | (0.05) | 4.4 | (0.08) | 12.3 | (0.13) | 23.5 | (0.16) | 29.1 | (0.17) | 21.0 | (0.16) | 8.4 | (0.12) | 7.3 | (0.10) | 1.1 | (0.04) | |||||||||||
| Australia | 512 | (1.6) | 14.2 | (0.46) | 0.9 | (0.11) | 3.1 | (0.21) | 10.2 | (0.42) | 21.6 | (0.47) | 29.1 | (0.53) | 23.3 | (0.51) | 11.7 | (0.54) | 9.8 | (0.46) | 1.9 | (0.19) | |||||||||||
| Austria | 490 | (2.8) | 19.5 | (1.07) | 0.8 | (0.24) | 4.8 | (0.64) | 13.8 | (0.84) | 24.2 | (0.89) | 29.6 | (0.92) | 21.2 | (0.94) | 5.5 | (0.61) | 5.2 | (0.59) | 0.3 | (0.10) | |||||||||||
| Belgium | 509 | (2.3) | 16.2 | (0.77) | 1.6 | (0.31) | 4.1 | (0.40) | 10.4 | (0.55) | 20.4 | (0.62) | 27.3 | (0.70) | 24.4 | (0.71) | 12.3 | (0.55) | 10.4 | (0.54) | 1.4 | (0.17) | |||||||||||
| Canada | 523 | (1.9) | 10.9 | (0.45) | 0.5 | (0.09) | 2.4 | (0.19) | 8.0 | (0.36) | 19.4 | (0.55) | 31.0 | (0.72) | 25.8 | (0.59) | 12.9 | (0.62) | 10.8 | (0.53) | 2.1 | (0.22) | |||||||||||
| Chile | 441 | (2.9) | 33.0 | (1.67) | 1.0 | (0.19) | 8.1 | (0.79) | 23.9 | (1.08) | 35.1 | (1.08) | 24.3 | (1.06) | 6.9 | (0.62) | 0.6 | (0.10) | 0.6 | (0.11) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 493 | (2.9) | 16.9 | (1.21) | 0.6 | ! | (0.27) | 3.5 | (0.56) | 12.7 | (0.94) | 26.4 | (1.30) | 31.3 | (1.23) | 19.4 | (1.13) | 6.1 | (0.55) | 5.3 | (0.49) | 0.8 | (0.16) | ||||||||||
| Denmark | 496 | (2.6) | 14.6 | (1.07) | 0.8 | ! | (0.30) | 3.1 | (0.39) | 10.7 | (0.77) | 25.8 | (0.92) | 33.6 | (0.85) | 20.5 | (0.86) | 5.4 | (0.62) | 5.1 | (0.58) | 0.4 | ! | (0.12) | |||||||||
| Estonia | 516 | (2.0) | 9.1 | (0.65) | ‡ | (†) | 1.3 | (0.28) | 7.7 | (0.61) | 22.7 | (0.94) | 35.0 | (1.06) | 24.9 | (1.08) | 8.3 | (0.72) | 7.5 | (0.71) | 0.9 | (0.18) | |||||||||||
| Finland | 524 | (2.4) | 11.3 | (0.71) | 0.7 | (0.16) | 2.4 | (0.38) | 8.2 | (0.57) | 19.1 | (0.81) | 29.3 | (0.70) | 26.8 | (0.84) | 13.5 | (0.64) | 11.3 | (0.60) | 2.2 | (0.26) | |||||||||||
| France | 505 | (2.8) | 18.9 | (0.98) | 2.1 | (0.40) | 4.9 | (0.43) | 11.9 | (0.70) | 18.9 | (0.85) | 26.3 | (0.84) | 23.0 | (0.67) | 12.9 | (0.85) | 10.6 | (0.62) | 2.3 | (0.41) | |||||||||||
| Germany | 508 | (2.8) | 14.5 | (0.91) | 0.5 | ! | (0.18) | 3.3 | (0.40) | 10.7 | (0.67) | 22.1 | (0.93) | 29.9 | (0.86) | 24.6 | (0.88) | 8.9 | (0.70) | 8.3 | (0.64) | 0.7 | ! | (0.23) | |||||||||
| Greece | 477 | (3.3) | 22.6 | (1.24) | 2.6 | (0.40) | 5.9 | (0.60) | 14.2 | (0.83) | 25.1 | (1.06) | 30.0 | (1.02) | 17.2 | (1.19) | 5.1 | (0.61) | 4.6 | (0.59) | 0.5 | (0.13) | |||||||||||
| Hungary | 488 | (3.2) | 19.7 | (1.22) | 0.7 | ! | (0.24) | 5.2 | (0.64) | 13.8 | (0.88) | 24.3 | (1.17) | 29.9 | (1.00) | 20.4 | (1.05) | 5.6 | (0.75) | 5.3 | (0.68) | 0.4 | ! | (0.13) | |||||||||
| Iceland | 483 | (1.8) | 21.0 | (0.72) | 2.3 | (0.33) | 5.4 | (0.47) | 13.3 | (0.63) | 24.7 | (0.92) | 29.9 | (1.09) | 18.6 | (1.12) | 5.8 | (0.51) | 5.2 | (0.41) | 0.6 | ! | (0.21) | ||||||||||
| Ireland | 523 | (2.6) | 9.6 | (0.88) | 0.3 | ! | (0.13) | 1.9 | (0.35) | 7.5 | (0.69) | 19.6 | (1.19) | 33.4 | (1.17) | 26.0 | (0.90) | 11.4 | (0.65) | 10.1 | (0.67) | 1.3 | (0.35) | ||||||||||
| Israel | 486 | (5.0) | 23.6 | (1.64) | 3.8 | (0.59) | 6.9 | (0.74) | 12.9 | (0.96) | 20.8 | (0.87) | 25.3 | (0.81) | 20.6 | (1.03) | 9.6 | (0.84) | 8.1 | (0.77) | 1.5 | (0.30) | |||||||||||
| Italy | 490 | (2.0) | 19.5 | (0.67) | 1.6 | (0.15) | 5.2 | (0.29) | 12.7 | (0.48) | 23.7 | (0.57) | 29.7 | (0.53) | 20.5 | (0.62) | 6.7 | (0.35) | 6.1 | (0.33) | 0.6 | (0.07) | |||||||||||
| Japan | 538 | (3.7) | 9.8 | (0.92) | 0.6 | (0.16) | 2.4 | (0.37) | 6.7 | (0.67) | 16.6 | (0.89) | 26.7 | (0.98) | 28.4 | (1.08) | 18.5 | (1.27) | 14.6 | (0.99) | 3.9 | (0.59) | |||||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 536 | (3.9) | 7.6 | (0.89) | 0.4 | (0.13) | 1.7 | (0.39) | 5.5 | (0.60) | 16.4 | (0.94) | 30.8 | (1.00) | 31.0 | (1.06) | 14.1 | (1.24) | 12.6 | (1.05) | 1.6 | (0.32) | |||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 488 | (1.5) | 22.2 | (0.74) | 2.0 | (0.21) | 6.3 | (0.33) | 13.8 | (0.81) | 23.4 | (0.71) | 25.8 | (0.64) | 19.7 | (0.64) | 8.9 | (0.39) | 7.5 | (0.35) | 1.4 | (0.20) | |||||||||||
| Mexico | 424 | (1.5) | 41.1 | (0.90) | 2.6 | (0.22) | 11.0 | (0.53) | 27.5 | (0.70) | 34.5 | (0.62) | 19.6 | (0.54) | 4.5 | (0.25) | 0.4 | (0.09) | 0.4 | (0.08) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Netherlands | 511 | (3.5) | 14.0 | (1.23) | ‡ | (†) | 2.8 | (0.49) | 10.3 | (0.93) | 21.0 | (1.27) | 29.2 | (1.32) | 26.1 | (1.36) | 9.8 | (0.82) | 9.0 | (0.72) | 0.8 | (0.19) | |||||||||||
| New Zealand | 512 | (2.4) | 16.3 | (0.83) | 1.3 | (0.28) | 4.0 | (0.46) | 11.0 | (0.67) | 20.8 | (0.76) | 26.3 | (1.06) | 22.7 | (1.06) | 14.0 | (0.77) | 10.9 | (0.62) | 3.0 | (0.37) | |||||||||||
| Norway | 504 | (3.2) | 16.2 | (1.03) | 1.7 | (0.31) | 3.7 | (0.36) | 10.8 | (0.69) | 21.9 | (1.03) | 29.4 | (1.35) | 22.3 | (1.21) | 10.2 | (0.74) | 8.5 | (0.61) | 1.7 | (0.31) | |||||||||||
| Poland | 518 | (3.1) | 10.6 | (0.80) | 0.3 | ! | (0.11) | 2.1 | (0.35) | 8.1 | (0.74) | 21.4 | (0.90) | 32.0 | (0.89) | 26.0 | (0.96) | 10.0 | (0.93) | 8.6 | (0.76) | 1.4 | (0.37) | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 488 | (3.8) | 18.8 | (1.42) | 1.3 | (0.30) | 5.1 | (0.53) | 12.3 | (0.98) | 25.5 | (1.16) | 30.2 | (1.46) | 19.7 | (1.07) | 5.8 | (0.61) | 5.3 | (0.57) | 0.5 | ! | (0.15) | ||||||||||
| Slovak Republic | 463 | (4.2) | 28.2 | (1.78) | 4.1 | (0.77) | 7.9 | (0.80) | 16.2 | (1.06) | 25.0 | (1.08) | 26.8 | (1.38) | 15.7 | (0.96) | 4.4 | (0.68) | 4.1 | (0.60) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Slovenia | 481 | (1.2) | 21.1 | (0.68) | 1.2 | (0.14) | 4.9 | (0.37) | 15.0 | (0.71) | 27.2 | (0.77) | 28.4 | (0.94) | 18.2 | (0.63) | 5.0 | (0.43) | 4.7 | (0.45) | 0.3 | ! | (0.12) | ||||||||||
| Spain | 488 | (1.9) | 18.3 | (0.76) | 1.3 | (0.17) | 4.4 | (0.38) | 12.6 | (0.47) | 25.8 | (0.81) | 31.2 | (0.68) | 19.2 | (0.62) | 5.5 | (0.30) | 5.0 | (0.30) | 0.5 | (0.10) | |||||||||||
| Sweden | 483 | (3.0) | 22.7 | (1.15) | 2.9 | (0.39) | 6.0 | (0.64) | 13.9 | (0.72) | 23.5 | (0.88) | 27.3 | (0.73) | 18.6 | (0.93) | 7.9 | (0.64) | 6.7 | (0.53) | 1.2 | (0.20) | |||||||||||
| Switzerland | 509 | (2.6) | 13.7 | (0.76) | 0.5 | (0.14) | 2.9 | (0.34) | 10.3 | (0.59) | 21.9 | (0.86) | 31.5 | (0.71) | 23.8 | (0.84) | 9.1 | (0.68) | 8.2 | (0.60) | 1.0 | (0.25) | |||||||||||
| Turkey | 475 | (4.2) | 21.6 | (1.43) | 0.6 | (0.15) | 4.5 | (0.57) | 16.6 | (1.07) | 30.8 | (1.39) | 28.7 | (1.34) | 14.5 | (1.39) | 4.3 | (0.85) | 4.1 | (0.79) | 0.3 | ! | (0.13) | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 499 | (3.5) | 16.6 | (1.30) | 1.5 | (0.27) | 4.0 | (0.54) | 11.2 | (0.79) | 23.5 | (1.01) | 29.9 | (1.08) | 21.3 | (1.14) | 8.8 | (0.74) | 7.5 | (0.59) | 1.3 | (0.24) | |||||||||||
| United States | 498 | (3.7) | 16.6 | (1.26) | 0.8 | ! | (0.24) | 3.6 | (0.49) | 12.3 | (0.89) | 24.9 | (0.99) | 30.5 | (0.88) | 20.1 | (1.08) | 7.9 | (0.67) | 6.9 | (0.59) | 1.0 | (0.22) | ||||||||||
| Non-OECD education systems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albania | 394 | (3.2) | 52.3 | (1.28) | 12.0 | (0.84) | 15.9 | (1.00) | 24.4 | (1.23) | 24.7 | (1.01) | 15.9 | (0.73) | 5.9 | (0.61) | 1.2 | (0.25) | 1.1 | (0.24) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Argentina | 396 | (3.7) | 53.6 | (1.73) | 8.1 | (0.80) | 17.7 | (1.20) | 27.7 | (1.34) | 27.3 | (1.12) | 14.6 | (0.91) | 4.0 | (0.57) | 0.5 | (0.14) | 0.5 | ! | (0.15) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 410 | (2.1) | 49.2 | (1.13) | 4.0 | (0.36) | 14.8 | (0.64) | 30.4 | (0.79) | 30.1 | (0.77) | 15.8 | (0.63) | 4.4 | (0.37) | 0.5 | (0.12) | 0.5 | (0.12) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 436 | (6.0) | 39.4 | (2.21) | 8.0 | (1.07) | 12.8 | (1.15) | 18.6 | (1.10) | 22.2 | (1.16) | 21.4 | (1.10) | 12.7 | (1.03) | 4.3 | (0.64) | 3.8 | (0.56) | 0.5 | ! | (0.18) | ||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 523 | (3.0) | 11.5 | (0.87) | 0.6 | (0.15) | 2.5 | (0.32) | 8.4 | (0.65) | 18.1 | (0.83) | 29.9 | (0.92) | 28.7 | (1.01) | 11.8 | (0.84) | 10.4 | (0.73) | 1.4 | (0.32) | |||||||||||
| Colombia | 403 | (3.4) | 51.4 | (1.78) | 5.0 | (0.76) | 15.4 | (0.98) | 31.0 | (1.29) | 30.5 | (1.22) | 14.5 | (0.91) | 3.2 | (0.50) | 0.3 | ! | (0.13) | 0.3 | ! | (0.12) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Connecticut-USA3 | 521 | (6.5) | 13.2 | (1.76) | ‡ | (†) | 3.2 | (0.87) | 9.7 | (1.26) | 19.6 | (1.49) | 28.2 | (1.32) | 24.4 | (1.83) | 14.5 | (1.68) | 11.7 | (1.38) | 2.9 | (0.54) | |||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 441 | (3.5) | 32.4 | (1.81) | 0.8 | ! | (0.24) | 7.3 | (1.02) | 24.3 | (1.25) | 38.1 | (1.40) | 22.9 | (1.42) | 6.0 | (0.78) | 0.6 | ! | (0.19) | 0.6 | ! | (0.19) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||
| Croatia | 485 | (3.3) | 18.7 | (1.29) | 0.7 | ! | (0.25) | 4.0 | (0.59) | 13.9 | (0.97) | 27.8 | (1.07) | 31.2 | (1.24) | 17.8 | (1.09) | 4.4 | (0.69) | 4.2 | (0.66) | 0.2 | ! | (0.11) | |||||||||
| Cyprus | 449 | (1.2) | 32.8 | (0.67) | 6.1 | (0.32) | 9.7 | (0.44) | 17.0 | (0.61) | 25.1 | (0.78) | 24.9 | (0.75) | 13.2 | (0.64) | 4.0 | (0.32) | 3.5 | (0.34) | 0.5 | (0.12) | |||||||||||
| Florida-USA3 | 492 | (6.1) | 17.5 | (2.00) | 0.7 | ! | (0.31) | 3.6 | (0.75) | 13.2 | (1.46) | 25.8 | (1.56) | 30.9 | (1.50) | 20.4 | (2.06) | 5.5 | (1.02) | 4.9 | (1.00) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong-China | 545 | (2.8) | 6.8 | (0.72) | 0.2 | ! | (0.09) | 1.3 | (0.24) | 5.3 | (0.61) | 14.3 | (0.79) | 29.2 | (1.21) | 32.9 | (1.39) | 16.8 | (1.16) | 14.9 | (1.00) | 1.9 | (0.39) | ||||||||||
| Indonesia | 396 | (4.2) | 55.2 | (2.18) | 4.1 | (0.81) | 16.3 | (1.28) | 34.8 | (1.56) | 31.6 | (1.54) | 11.5 | (1.28) | 1.5 | ! | (0.53) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||||
| Jordan | 399 | (3.6) | 50.7 | (1.57) | 7.5 | (0.84) | 14.9 | (0.79) | 28.3 | (1.01) | 30.8 | (1.14) | 15.5 | (0.83) | 2.9 | (0.63) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 393 | (2.7) | 57.1 | (1.56) | 4.2 | (0.47) | 17.3 | (1.24) | 35.6 | (1.15) | 31.3 | (1.12) | 10.4 | (0.87) | 1.2 | (0.24) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Latvia | 489 | (2.4) | 17.0 | (1.14) | 0.7 | ! | (0.24) | 3.7 | (0.54) | 12.6 | (0.96) | 26.7 | (1.31) | 33.1 | (1.05) | 19.1 | (0.88) | 4.2 | (0.55) | 3.9 | (0.56) | 0.3 | ! | (0.11) | |||||||||
| Liechtenstein | 516 | (4.1) | 12.4 | (1.88) | # | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 10.5 | (1.85) | 22.4 | (3.44) | 28.6 | (4.53) | 25.7 | (2.44) | 10.9 | (2.89) | 10.4 | (2.44) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Lithuania | 477 | (2.5) | 21.2 | (1.18) | 1.0 | (0.19) | 4.6 | (0.49) | 15.6 | (1.06) | 28.1 | (1.13) | 31.1 | (0.94) | 16.3 | (0.78) | 3.3 | (0.37) | 3.1 | (0.35) | 0.2 | ! | (0.07) | ||||||||||
| Macao-China | 509 | (0.9) | 11.5 | (0.42) | 0.3 | ! | (0.11) | 2.1 | (0.22) | 9.0 | (0.42) | 23.3 | (0.58) | 34.3 | (0.67) | 24.0 | (0.60) | 7.0 | (0.41) | 6.4 | (0.48) | 0.6 | ! | (0.21) | |||||||||
| Malaysia | 398 | (3.3) | 52.7 | (1.71) | 5.8 | (0.59) | 16.4 | (1.03) | 30.5 | (0.99) | 31.0 | (1.09) | 13.6 | (1.11) | 2.5 | (0.45) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Massachusetts-USA3 | 527 | (6.1) | 11.5 | (1.37) | ‡ | (†) | 2.3 | (0.55) | 8.6 | (1.19) | 18.5 | (1.76) | 29.8 | (1.52) | 24.2 | (1.82) | 16.1 | (1.98) | 12.9 | (1.59) | 3.2 | (0.86) | |||||||||||
| Montenegro, Repubic of | 422 | (1.2) | 43.3 | (0.75) | 4.4 | (0.53) | 13.2 | (0.62) | 25.7 | (0.94) | 29.2 | (0.77) | 19.9 | (0.76) | 6.6 | (0.53) | 1.0 | (0.19) | 0.9 | (0.19) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Peru | 384 | (4.3) | 59.9 | (1.95) | 9.8 | (0.87) | 20.6 | (1.11) | 29.5 | (0.98) | 24.9 | (1.02) | 11.4 | (0.96) | 3.3 | (0.61) | 0.5 | ! | (0.21) | 0.5 | ! | (0.21) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Qatar | 388 | (0.8) | 57.1 | (0.42) | 13.6 | (0.32) | 18.9 | (0.48) | 24.6 | (0.44) | 21.9 | (0.50) | 13.5 | (0.43) | 5.8 | (0.21) | 1.6 | (0.14) | 1.4 | (0.13) | 0.2 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Romania | 438 | (4.0) | 37.3 | (1.87) | 2.5 | (0.38) | 10.3 | (0.82) | 24.4 | (1.28) | 30.6 | (1.12) | 21.8 | (1.17) | 8.7 | (0.88) | 1.6 | (0.38) | 1.5 | (0.35) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Russian Federation | 475 | (3.0) | 22.3 | (1.29) | 1.1 | (0.18) | 5.2 | (0.49) | 16.0 | (1.03) | 29.5 | (1.08) | 28.3 | (1.05) | 15.3 | (0.93) | 4.6 | (0.58) | 4.2 | (0.51) | 0.5 | (0.12) | |||||||||||
| Serbia, Republic of | 446 | (3.4) | 33.1 | (1.66) | 2.6 | (0.40) | 9.3 | (0.73) | 21.3 | (1.09) | 30.8 | (1.20) | 23.3 | (1.15) | 10.5 | (0.81) | 2.2 | (0.41) | 2.0 | (0.39) | 0.2 | ! | (0.08) | ||||||||||
| Shanghai-China | 570 | (2.9) | 2.9 | (0.39) | ‡ | (†) | 0.3 | ! | (0.11) | 2.5 | (0.34) | 11.0 | (0.85) | 25.3 | (0.85) | 35.7 | (1.07) | 25.1 | (1.19) | 21.3 | (0.98) | 3.8 | (0.65) | ||||||||||
| Singapore | 542 | (1.4) | 9.9 | (0.42) | 0.5 | (0.12) | 1.9 | (0.27) | 7.5 | (0.41) | 16.7 | (0.65) | 25.4 | (0.66) | 26.8 | (0.79) | 21.2 | (0.60) | 16.2 | (0.73) | 5.0 | (0.43) | |||||||||||
| Thailand | 441 | (3.1) | 33.0 | (1.40) | 1.2 | (0.29) | 7.7 | (0.77) | 24.1 | (0.98) | 36.0 | (1.12) | 23.5 | (1.13) | 6.7 | (0.79) | 0.8 | (0.22) | 0.8 | (0.21) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Tunisia | 404 | (4.5) | 49.3 | (2.24) | 6.2 | (0.91) | 15.5 | (1.20) | 27.6 | (1.31) | 31.4 | (1.43) | 15.6 | (1.15) | 3.5 | (0.69) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 442 | (2.5) | 35.5 | (1.08) | 3.3 | (0.34) | 10.4 | (0.65) | 21.8 | (0.72) | 28.6 | (0.72) | 24.0 | (0.77) | 9.7 | (0.58) | 2.2 | (0.29) | 2.1 | (0.28) | 0.2 | ! | (0.06) | ||||||||||
| Uruguay | 411 | (3.2) | 47.0 | (1.42) | 6.4 | (0.70) | 14.7 | (0.84) | 25.9 | (0.88) | 28.9 | (1.00) | 17.4 | (0.71) | 5.7 | (0.62) | 0.9 | (0.27) | 0.9 | (0.26) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Vietnam | 508 | (4.4) | 9.4 | (1.43) | ‡ | (†) | 1.5 | ! | (0.48) | 7.8 | (1.10) | 23.7 | (1.40) | 39.0 | (1.47) | 23.4 | (1.47) | 4.5 | (0.81) | 4.2 | (0.71) | 0.4 | ! | (0.16) | |||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 To reach a particular proficiency level, a student must correctly answer a majority of items at that level. Students were classified into reading literacy levels according to their scores. Exact cut scores are as follows: below level 1b (a score less than or equal to 262.04); level 1b (a score greater than 262.04 and less than or equal to 334.75); level 1a (a score greater than 334.75 and less than or equal to 407.47); level 2 (a score greater than 407.47 and less than or equal to 480.18); level 3 (a score greater than 480.18 and less than or equal to 552.89); level 4 (a score greater than 552.89 and less than or equal to 625.61); level 5 (a score greater than 625.61 and less than or equal to 698.32); and level 6 (a score greater than 698.32). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Refers to the mean of the data values for all Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, to which each country contributes equally, regardless of the absolute size of the student population of each country. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Results are for public school students only. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2012. (This table was prepared November 2013.) |
