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

State Results: Massachusetts

Table A13. Average scores of 15-year-old students on PISA mathematics literacy scale in Massachusetts public schools compared with other participating education systems: 2012
Education systems higher than Massachusetts
Shanghai-China	Macao-China
Singapore	Japan
Hong Kong-China	Liechtenstein
Chinese Taipei	Switzerland
Korea, Republic of
Education systems not measurably different from Massachusetts
Netherlands	Vietnam
Estonia	Connecticut
Finland	Austria
Canada	Australia
Poland	Ireland
Belgium	Slovenia
Germany
Education systems lower than Massachusetts
Denmark	Serbia, Republic of
New Zealand	Turkey
Czech Republic	Romania
France	Cyprus
OECD average	Bulgaria
United Kingdom	United Arab Emirates
Iceland	Kazakhstan
Latvia	Thailand
Luxembourg	Chile
Norway	Malaysia
Portugal	Mexico
Italy	Montenegro, Republic of
Spain	Uruguay
Russian Federation	Costa Rica
Slovak Republic	Albania
United States	Brazil
Lithuania	Argentina
Sweden	Tunisia
Hungary	Jordan
Croatia	Colombia
Florida	Qatar
Israel	Indonesia
Greece	Peru
NOTE: All average scores reported as higher or lower than the Massachusetts 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.