Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): 2012 Results -State Results: Connecticut

State Results: Connecticut

Table A5. Average scores of 15-year-old students on PISA reading literacy scale in Connecticut public schools compared with other participating education systems: 2012
Education systems higher than Connecticut
Shanghai-China	Singapore
Hong Kong-China	Japan
Education systems not measurably different from Connecticut
Korea, Republic of	New Zealand
Massachusetts	Australia
Finland	Netherlands
Ireland	Switzerland
Canada	Macao-China
Chinese Taipei	Belgium
Poland	Vietnam
Estonia	Germany
Liechtenstein
Education systems lower than Connecticut
France	Slovak Republic
Norway	Cyprus
United Kingdom	Serbia, Republic of
United States	United Arab Emirates
OECD average	Chile
Denmark	Thailand
Czech Republic	Costa Rica
Florida	Romania
Italy	Bulgaria
Austria	Mexico
Latvia	Montenegro, Republic of
Hungary	Uruguay
Spain	Brazil
Luxembourg	Tunisia
Portugal	Colombia
Israel	Jordan
Croatia	Malaysia
Sweden	Indonesia
Iceland	Argentina
Slovenia	Albania
Lithuania	Kazakhstan
Greece	Qatar
Turkey	Peru
Russian Federation
NOTE: All average scores reported as higher or lower than the Connecticut average score are different at the05 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.