Table A11. Percentage and average scores of 15-year-olds on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), by nativity status and participating country: 2003

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Table A11.

Percentage and average scores of 15-year-olds on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), by nativity status and participating country: 2003

Country	Native		First generation		Non-native
Country	Percent	Score	Percent	Score	Percent	Score
OECD average	91.4	504	3.9	480	4.7	466
Australia	77.3	527	11.7	522	11.0	525
Austria	86.7	515	4.1	459	9.2	452
Belgium	88.2	545	6.3	454	5.5	437
Canada	79.9	537	9.2	543	10.9	530
Czech Republic	98.7	523	0.5	465	0.8	500
Denmark	93.5	520	3.5	449	3.0	455
Finland	98.1	546	#	425	1.8	474
France	85.7	520	10.8	472	3.5	448
Germany	84.6	525	6.9	432	8.5	454
Greece	92.6	449	0.5	454	6.9	402
Hungary	97.7	491	0.1	426	2.2	488
Iceland	99.0	517	0.2	495	0.8	479
Ireland	96.5	503	1.0	474	2.5	509
Italy	97.9	468	0.4	461	1.7	441
Japan	99.9	535	#	600	0.1	425
Korea	100.0	543	#	402	#	†
Luxembourg	66.7	507	15.8	476	17.4	462
Mexico	97.7	392	0.5	333	1.8	292
Netherlands	89.0	551	7.1	492	3.9	472
New Zealand	80.2	528	6.6	496	13.3	523
Norway	94.4	499	2.3	460	3.4	438
Poland	100.0	491	#	482	#	533
Portugal	95.0	470	2.3	440	2.7	383
Slovak Republic	99.1	499	0.6	432	0.3	443
Spain	96.6	487	0.6	450	2.8	440
Sweden	88.5	517	5.7	483	5.9	425
Switzerland	80.0	543	8.9	484	11.1	453
Turkey	99.7	360	0.2	313	0.1	352
United States	85.6	490	8.3	468	6.1	453
# Rounds to zero. † Not applicable NOTE: Native refers to a student born in the country with at least one parent born in the country. First generation refers to a student born in the country with both parents born outside the country. Non-native refers to a student born outside the country and both parents born outside the country. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2003.