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

State Results: Massachusetts

Table A17. Average scores of 15-year-old students on PISA reading literacy scale in Massachusetts public schools compared with other participating education systems: 2012
Education systems higher than Massachusetts
Shanghai-China	Singapore
Hong Kong-China
Education systems not measurably different from Massachusetts
Japan	Chinese Taipei
Korea, Republic of	Connecticut
Finland	Poland
Ireland	Estonia
Canada	Liechtenstein
Education systems lower than Massachusetts
New Zealand	Lithuania
Australia	Greece
Netherlands	Turkey
Switzerland	Russian Federation
Macao-China	Slovak Republic
Belgium	Cyprus
Vietnam	Serbia, Republic of
Germany	United Arab Emirates
France	Chile
Norway	Thailand
United Kingdom	Costa Rica
United States	Romania
OECD average	Bulgaria
Denmark	Mexico
Czech Republic	Montenegro, Republic of
Florida	Uruguay
Italy	Brazil
Austria	Tunisia
Latvia	Colombia
Hungary	Jordan
Spain	Malaysia
Luxembourg	Indonesia
Portugal	Argentina
Israel	Albania
Croatia	Kazakhstan
Sweden	Qatar
Iceland	Peru
Slovenia
NOTE: All average scores reported as higher or lower than the Massachusetts 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.