Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): 2015 Results - Collaborative Problem Solving: School Poverty Indicator

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Collaborative Problem Solving: School Poverty Indicator

Average scores

Table CPS6. Average scores of U.S. 15-year-old public school students on the PISA collaborative problem solving scale, by percentage of students in enrolled schools eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, based on principals' reports: 2015
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch—United States	Average score		*s.e.*
U.S. average	520	**	*3.6*
Less than 10 percent	586	*	14.5
10 to 24.9 percent	569	*	8.0
25 to 49.9 percent	537	*	5.3
50 to 74.9 percent	510		5.7
75 percent or more	473	*	5.7
OECD average	500	*******	*0.5*

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch—Massachusetts	Average score		*s.e.*
U.S. average	520	**	*3.6*
Massachusetts average	549	*	*6.2*
Less than 10 percent	592	*	8.6
10 to 24.9 percent	570	*	7.6
25 to 49.9 percent	544	*	7.8
50 to 74.9 percent	524	**	4.8
75 percent or more	496		22.3
OECD average	500	*******	*0.5*

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch—North Carolina	Average score		*s.e.*
U.S. average	520	**	*3.6*
North Carolina average	525	**	*5.3*
Less than 10 percent	577	*	6.0
10 to 24.9 percent	569	*	8.3
25 to 49.9 percent	533	**	6.8
50 to 74.9 percent	506		6.9
75 percent or more	461	*	8.2
OECD average	500	*******	*0.5*

* p<.05. Significantly different from both the U.S. and OECD averages at the .05 level of statistical significance.
** p<.05. Significantly different from the OECD average at the .05 level of statistical significance.
*** p<.05. Significantly different from the U.S. average at the .05 level of statistical significance.
NOTE: Scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. The National School Lunch Program provides free or reduced-price lunch for students meeting certain income guidelines. The percentage of students receiving such lunch is an indicator of the socioeconomic level of families served by the school. Data in this table are based on principals' responses to a question in the school questionnaire that asked the approximate percentage of eligible students in the school during the previous school year. Free or reduced-price lunch data are for public schools only. The OECD average is the average of the national average scores of the 32 OECD member countries that participated in the collaborative problem solving assessment, with each system weighted equally. 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.