State Results: Connecticut
| Table A3. Average scores of 15-year-old students on PISA science literacy scale in Connecticut public schools compared with other participating education systems: 2012 | |
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| Education systems higher than Connecticut | |
| Shanghai-China | Finland |
| Hong Kong-China | Estonia |
| Singapore | Korea, Republic of |
| Japan | |
| Education systems not measurably different from Connecticut | |
| Vietnam | Ireland |
| Massachusetts | Australia |
| Poland | Macao-China |
| Canada | New Zealand |
| Liechtenstein | Switzerland |
| Germany | Slovenia |
| Chinese Taipei | United Kingdom |
| Netherlands | Czech Republic |
| Education systems lower than Connecticut | |
| Austria | United Arab Emirates |
| Belgium | Bulgaria |
| Latvia | Chile |
| OECD average | Serbia, Republic of |
| France | Thailand |
| Denmark | Romania |
| United States | Cyprus |
| Spain | Costa Rica |
| Lithuania | Kazakhstan |
| Norway | Malaysia |
| Hungary | Uruguay |
| Italy | Mexico |
| Croatia | Montenegro, Republic of |
| Luxembourg | Jordan |
| Portugal | Argentina |
| Russian Federation | Brazil |
| Florida | Colombia |
| Sweden | Tunisia |
| Iceland | Albania |
| Slovak Republic | Qatar |
| Israel | Indonesia |
| Greece | Peru |
| Turkey | |
| NOTE: All average scores reported as higher or lower than the Connecticut average score are different at the .05 level of statistical significance. The OECD average is the average of the national averages of the OECD member countries, with each country weighted equally. Italics indicate non-OECD countries and education systems. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2012. |
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