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Collaborative Problem Solving: Percentiles


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Figure CPS3b. Average scores and 10th and 90th percentile scores of 15-year-old students on the PISA collaborative problem solving scale, by education system: 2015

Average scores and 10th and 90th percentile scores on the PISA collaborative problem solving scale, by education system: 2015
* p<.05. Score gap is significantly different from the U.S. 90th to 10th percentile score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance.
NOTE: This table shows the threshold (or cut) scores for the following: (a) 10th percentile- the bottom 10 percent of students; (b) 90th percentile- the top 10 percent of students. The percentile ranges are specific to each education system's distribution of scores, enabling users to compare scores across education systems. Education systems are ordered by 90th to 10th percentile score gap from smallest to largest. The OECD average is the average of the national estimates of the 32 OECD member countries that participated in the collaborative problem solving assessment, with each country weighted equally. Scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. Italics indicate non-OECD countries and education systems. B-S-J-G (China) refers to the four PISA participating China provinces: Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Guangdong. Malaysia administered the collaborative problem solving assessment but due to sampling issues its data were deemed not comparable and thus are not shown here. Standard error is noted by s.e. Results for Massachusetts and North Carolina are for public school students only.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2015.

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Table CPS3a. Average scores and percentile scores of 15-year-old students on the PISA collaborative problem solving scale at selected percentiles, by education system: 2015
Education system 10th   25th   Average   75th   90th   90th to 10th
Score s.e.   Score s.e.   Score s.e.   Score s.e.   Score s.e.   Score gap   s.e.
OECD average 375 0.7   435 0.6   500 0.5   567 0.6   621 0.6   246 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 0.9
Tunisia 310 2.6   341 2.1   382 1.9   419 2.8   459 3.6   149 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.5
Costa Rica 343 2.9   387 2.6   441 2.4   494 2.8   542 3.6   199 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.7
Turkey 323 3.8   367 3.6   422 3.4   477 4.4   526 4.3   203 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.7
Montenegro, Republic of 315 2.3   359 1.5   416 1.3   471 2.4   520 2.8   205 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 3.6
Mexico 331 3.3   378 3.1   433 2.5   488 3.2   536 3.4   205 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.8
Colombia 325 3.2   370 2.7   429 2.3   486 2.9   539 3.2   214 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.6
Japan 440 4.6   499 3.3   552 2.7   610 2.6   655 3.1   215 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.5
Thailand 332 3.4   375 3.4   436 3.5   492 4.5   547 5.1   215 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 6.1
Korea, Republic of 425 3.8   484 3.3   538 2.5   598 2.5   641 3.1   216 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.9
Peru 313 2.8   358 2.5   418 2.5   475 3.7   529 4.6   216 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.4
Chile 348 3.4   398 3.3   457 2.7   516 3.3   567 3.6   219 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.9
Brazil 304 2.2   350 2.1   412 2.3   470 3.1   529 3.9   225 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.4
Croatia 359 4.1   412 3.3   473 2.5   534 2.6   585 3.3   225 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.3
Spain 379 3.6   438 3.0   496 2.1   559 2.3   607 2.6   228 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.5
Macau (China) 415 2.8   476 2.1   534 1.2   596 1.8   645 2.6   230 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 3.8
Chinese Taipei 407 3.5   468 2.9   527 2.5   590 3.0   639 3.5   232 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.0
Hong Kong (China) 420 5.0   483 4.0   541 2.9   604 3.2   652 3.2   232 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.9
Denmark 402 3.7   460 3.3   520 2.5   583 3.1   634 3.6   232 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.1
Latvia 367 3.8   423 3.1   485 2.3   547 2.8   599 3.2   233 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.0
Estonia 416 3.5   475 3.1   535 2.5   598 3.4   650 3.8   234 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.2
Lithuania 349 3.1   404 3.2   467 2.5   532 3.0   584 3.7   235 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.8
Uruguay 328 2.7   376 2.5   443 2.3   506 3.1   564 3.7   236 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.6
Portugal 377 4.0   437 3.2   498 2.6   562 3.2   613 2.9   236 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.0
Cyprus 328 2.5   379 2.0   444 1.7   508 2.7   564 3.3   236 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.2
Czech Republic 377 3.7   436 3.0   499 2.2   563 2.6   614 2.9   237 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.7
Russian Federation 355 4.2   410 3.7   473 3.4   537 4.5   593 4.4   238 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 6.1
Greece 338 5.1   394 4.5   459 3.6   524 3.7   578 4.1   240 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 6.6
Slovak Republic 343 3.4   398 2.9   463 2.4   528 3.1   583 4.0   241 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.3
Norway 380 3.5   439 3.1   502 2.5   568 3.2   621 3.4   242 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.9
Slovenia 378 3.0   438 2.8   502 1.8   568 2.7   620 3.7   242 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.8
Iceland 375 4.1   433 3.3   499 2.3   566 3.4   620 4.3   244 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.9
United Arab Emirates 317 3.0   366 2.6   435 2.4   500 3.2   563 2.7   246 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.0
Hungary 347 3.4   404 3.0   472 2.4   541 2.8   594 3.5   247 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.9
Singapore 432 2.6   499 1.9   561 1.2   630 1.9   680 2.8   248 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 3.8
Italy 353 3.7   412 3.3   478 2.5   545 2.9   601 4.0   248 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.4
Netherlands 389 4.2   450 3.5   518 2.4   586 2.9   640 3.8   251 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.7
B-S-J-G (China) 368 5.0   429 4.7   496 4.0   564 4.9   620 5.2   252 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 7.2
Bulgaria 319 4.0   370 4.5   444 3.9   515 4.8   575 4.1   256 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.7
Belgium 369 3.6   434 3.2   501 2.4   572 2.4   625 3.0   256 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.7
Austria 379 3.8   441 3.4   509 2.6   580 3.1   635 3.4   256 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.1
Sweden 379 4.4   441 4.3   510 3.4   579 4.4   635 5.0   256 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 6.6
Luxembourg 361 2.5   420 2.0   491 1.5   561 2.0   621 2.5   259 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 3.6
Finland 399 4.4   466 3.4   534 2.6   605 2.9   660 3.4   261 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.5
France 359 3.5   424 3.2   494 2.4   566 2.8   620 3.1   261 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 4.7
Germany 390 4.5   456 3.7   525 2.8   595 3.4   653 3.2   262 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.6
United Kingdom 384 3.9   449 3.4   519 2.7   591 3.4   651 3.4   267 Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. 5.2
Canada 397 3.5   465 2.8   535 2.3   607 2.4   667 3.2   269   4.8
New Zealand 391 4.1   460 3.5   533 2.4   608 3.6   666 3.5   275   5.4
Israel 334 4.0   386 4.6   469 3.6   548 4.2   609 4.4   275   5.9
Australia 388 3.8   460 2.7   531 1.9   607 2.2   664 2.7   277   4.7
United States 376 4.4   445 4.3   520 3.6   596 4.2   659 4.6   283   6.3
                                     
U.S. state education systems                                    
Massachusetts 408 8.7   478 8.1   549 6.2   624 7.1   682 7.6   274   11.5
North Carolina 387 6.5   450 6.0   525 5.3   601 6.5   657 5.9   270   8.8
Score gap is larger than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. Score gap is larger than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance.
Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance. Score gap is smaller than U.S. score gap at the .05 level of statistical significance.
NOTE: This table shows the threshold (or cut) scores for the following: (a) 10th percentile- the bottom 10 percent of students; (b) 25th percentile- the bottom 25 percent of students; (c) Average- the average of all students' scores; (d) 75th percentile- the top 25 percent of students; (e) 90th percentile- the top 10 percent of students. The percentile ranges are specific to each education system's distribution of scores, enabling users to compare cut scores across education systems. Scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. Education systems are ordered by 90th to 10th percentile score gap from smallest to largest. The OECD average is the average of the national estimates of the 32 OECD member countries that participated in the collaborative problem solving assessment, with each system weighted equally. B-S-J-G (China) refers to the four PISA participating China provinces: Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Guangdong. Malaysia administered the collaborative problem solving assessment but due to sampling issues its data were deemed not comparable and thus are not shown here. Standard error is noted by s.e. Italics indicate non-OECD countries and education systems. Results for Massachusetts and North Carolina are for public school students only.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2015.

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