Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): 2015 Results

Science Literacy: Race and Ethnicity

Average scores

Table S10. Average scores of U.S. 15-year-old students on the PISA science literacy scale, by race/ethnicity: 2015
Race/ethnicity	Average score		*s.e.*
U.S. average	496		3.2
White	531	*	2.8
Black	433	*	4.9
Hispanic	470	*	4.8
Asian	525	*	12.0
Multiracial	503		6.4
OECD average	493		0.4

* 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 were not shown separately because the reporting standards were not met, they are included in the U.S. totals. The OECD average is the average of the national averages of the OECD member countries, with each country weighted equally. Standard error is noted by s.e.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2015.