Table 11. Average scores among 15-year-olds on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) mathematics literacy assessment, by participating country and race/ethnicity in the United States: 2003

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Table 11.

Average scores among 15-year-olds on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) mathematics literacy assessment, by participating country and race/ethnicity in the United States: 2003

Country and race/ethnicity	Average score
OECD average	500

United States ¹	483
White	512
Black	417
Hispanic	443
Asian	506
More than one race	502

Countries whose score was higher than the U.S. score
Australia	524
Austria	506
Belgium	529
Canada	532
Czech Republic	516
Denmark	514
Finland	544
France	511
Germany	503
Iceland	515
Ireland	503
Japan	534
Korea	542
Luxembourg	493
Netherlands	538
New Zealand	523
Norway	495
Slovak Republic	498
Switzerland	527
Sweden	509

Countries whose score was not measurably different than U.S. score
Hungary	490
Poland	490
Spain	485

Countries whose score was lower than the U.S. score
Greece	445
Italy	466
Mexico	385
Portugal	466
Turkey	423
¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: The scale range for the PISA assessment is from 0 to 1000. The scale was designed to have an average score of 500 points, with approximately two-thirds of students achieving between 400 and 600 points. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2003.