PISA 2009 results

[Damião de Góis]

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a worldwide study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in member and non-member nations of 15-year-old school pupils' scholastic performance on mathematics, science, and reading. It was first performed in 2000 and then repeated every three years. It is done with view to improving educational policies and outcomes. The data have increasingly been used both to assess the impact of educational quality on incomes and growth and to understand what causes differences in achievement across nations.

Mathematics
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Science
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Reading Scale
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Student_Assessment

[Stefan]

I've heard great things about Finland's education system. This seems to correlate quite well with what I've heard. The mathematics scores seem low compared to the science and reading scores. I wonder why; what content does the test consist of? Certainly less than Algebra, right? I think it might be because Mathematics isn't taught right in the U.S; I don't know about other countries. I'm glad science scores are the highest. I suppose that makes sense with the information age we live in.

[Damião de Góis]

I've heard great things about Finland's education system. This seems to correlate quite well with what I've heard. The mathematics scores seem low compared to the science and reading scores. I wonder why; what content does the test consist of? Certainly less than Algebra, right? I think it might be because Mathematics isn't taught right in the U.S; I don't know about other countries. I'm glad science scores are the highest. I suppose that makes sense with the information age we live in.

Well, it doesn't show on the maps but China tops every category if you look at the link. Several other east asian countries are ahead of Finland too.

As for the maths test, if this is for 15 year olds i think it consists mainly on functions and trigonometry but i don't remember exactly what was math like when i was 15 :D

[Stefan]

As for the maths test, if this is for 15 year olds i think it consists mainly on functions and trigonometry but i don't remember exactly what was math like when i was 15 :D

Most Americans don't take Trigonometry until they're 16, 17, or 18. A good percentage never take it at all. The average person stops after Algebra II. There's a lot of catching up that occurs in college when people realize how useful math actually is.

Here's what I found on it.

https://edsurveys.rti.org/PISA/documents/SmithsonNCES_PISA_Conference_Paper_FINAL.pdf


Nearly 20 percent of the PISA mathematics items focus on data displays, while an
additional 50 percent of the items cover content under Operations, Measurement, Basic Algebra,
and Geometric Concepts. The remaining 30 percent of content coverage is spread across Number
Sense, Statistics, and Probability, with slight content coverage (less than 5 percent) associated
with Advanced Geometry and Special Topics.

So it seems reasonable for a 15 year old who has taken up to Algebra II.

Here's the science curriculum as well.


By far the most highly emphasized content area represented by the 2006 PISA science literacy item pool is Nature of Science, accounting for nearly one third (30 percent) of the science content represented in the item pool. Other content areas with moderate emphasis in the science item pool include Measurement in Science (8 percent), Human Biology (9 percent), and Properties of Matter (7 percent).

The heavy emphasis on Nature of Science content is combined with relatively high performance expectations, with items aimed at assessing students’ ability to communicate understanding (37 percent), analyze information (22 percent), or make connections or apply to real-world situations (13 percent). About a quarter (26 percent) of the assessed content measures student recall of science concepts. Interestingly, almost no procedural knowledge skills (2 percent) are represented in the PISA science literacy item pool.

Compared to the mathematics section it seems kinda weak as far as content goes, but it focuses more on scientific literacy and the scientific method, which is much easier to pull off for me at least than a large backlog of mathematics that one might or might not know.

[Graham]

PISA

Reading

Scotland 500
England 495
Wales 476
Northern Ireland 499
Ireland 496

Maths

Scotland 499
England 493
Wales 472
Northern Ireland 492
Ireland 487

Science

Scotland 514
England 515
Wales 496
Northern Ireland 511
Ireland 508


Wales wtf!

[RussiaPrussia]

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pisa is very outdated

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trends_in_International_Mathematics_and_Science_St udy

[silver_surfer]

Well, it doesn't show on the maps but China tops every category if you look at the link. Several other east asian countries are ahead of Finland too.

As for the maths test, if this is for 15 year olds i think it consists mainly on functions and trigonometry but i don't remember exactly what was math like when i was 15 :D

It would be wrong to say China as the test includes scores from Shanghai province only.

[noman.rasheed]

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PISA 2012 results will be released on December 3, 2013.