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Table CPS8. Average scores of U.S. 15-year-old students on the PISA collaborative problem solving scale, by race/ethnicity: 2015
Race/ethnicity—United States	Average score		s.e.
U.S. average	520	**	3.6
White	550	*	3.5
Black	471	*	6.3
Hispanic	497	***	5.1
Asian	559	*	14.1
Multiracial	523	**	8.1
OECD average	500	***	0.5
Race/ethnicity—Massachusetts	Average score		s.e.
U.S. average	520	**	3.6
Massachusetts average	549	*	6.2
White	562	*	5.3
Black	505	*	15.7
Hispanic	497		11.1
Asian	577	*	14.8
Multiracial	546	**	14.8
OECD average	500	***	0.5
Race/ethnicity—North Carolina	Average score		s.e.
U.S. average	520	**	3.6
North Carolina average	525	**	5.3
White	546	*	5.1
Black	481	*	8.0
Hispanic	512		9.4
Asian	568	*	18.8
Multiracial	512		9.1
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. Reporting standards were not met for American Indian/Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander. Black includes African American, and Hispanic includes Latino. Students who identified themselves as being of Hispanic origin were classified as Hispanic, regardless of their race. Although data for some race/ethnicities are not shown separately because the reporting standards were not met, they are included in the U.S., Massachusetts, and North Carolina totals. 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.