PISA 2012 Problem Solving Results

[Argang]

This was the first attempt by OECD to measure problem solving skills in the PISA test. The ranking looks quite similar to that of standard PISA results.

http://www.oecd.org/pisa/singapore-a...lving-test.htm
Ranking of countries by mean scores:

Spoiler!

1. Singapore 562
2. Korea 561
3. Japan 552
4. Macao-China 540
5. Hong Kong-China 540
6. Shanghai-China 536
7.Chinese Taipei 534
8. Canada 526
9. Australia 523
10. Finland 523
11. England (United Kingdom) 517
12. Estonia 515
13. France 511
14. Netherlands 511
15. Italy 510
16. Czech Republic 509
17. Germany 509
18. United States 508
19. Belgium 508
20. Austria 506
21. Norway 503
22. Ireland 498
23. Denmark 497
24. Portugal 494
25. Sweden 491
26. Russian Federation 489
27. Slovak Republic 483
28. Poland 481
29. Spain 477
30. Slovenia 476
31. Serbia 473
32. Croatia 466
33. Hungary 459
34. Turkey 454
35. Israel 454
36. Chile 448
37. Cyprus 445
38. Brazil 428
39. Malaysia 422
40. United Arab Emirates 411
41. Montenegro 407
42. Uruguay 403
43. Bulgaria 402
44. Colombia 399

I think more interesting is to see how many students in each country were high performers and made it to levels 5 and 6 (level 5 requires scoring more than 618.21 points, over 56 points above Singapore's mean) so I put together a list, also with regional breakdowns when applicable so you can see what for example North Italy, Alberta or Basque Country score on their own:

[Leon_C]

Clearly the Finns and the Brits are the master race of Europe!

[Prince Carlo]

North Italy alone would surely be above Finland right next Japan and Korea. LOL

There is a massive potential in Italy. It's just the school which really sucks.