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Taking their economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) into account, how well do students score on PISA tests?

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Values among 41 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	PISA results, product of slope of ESCS for reading and strength of relationship between reading and ESCS
Year:	2018
Unit:	Standardized Measure
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	OECD PISA
Data for:	AUS, AUT, BEL, BGR, CAN, CHL, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ISR, ITA, JPN, KOR, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, MEX, NLD, NZL, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR, USA
Annotation:	2000 to 2006: PISA 2006, Science Competencies For Tomorrow’s World, Volume I, Table 4.4e URL: https://www.oecd.org/pisa/pi… http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/14… 2009: PISA 2009 Results: Overcoming Social Background, Quality And Equity In The Performance Of Students And Schools, Volume II, Table II.3.2 URL: https://www.oecd.org/pisa/pi… http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/88… 2012: PISA 2012 Results: Excellence Through Equity, Giving Every Student A Chance To Succeed, Volume II, Table II.2.1 URL: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.or… http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/88… 2015: PISA 2015 Results, Excellence And Equity In Education, Volume I, Table I.6.3b URL: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.or… http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/88… 2018: PISA 2018 Results, Where All Students Can Succeed, Volume II, Table II.B1.2.3 URL: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.or… https://doi.org/10.1787/8889…

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	11.7075
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

PISA, Socioeconomic Background

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Upper middle group

Estonia

8.6

1.78

Cyprus

8.6

1.88

Latvia

8.4

2.06

Canada

8.4

2.10

Iceland

8.3

2.18

Malta

8.1

2.44

Croatia

8.1

2.45

Norway

8.0

2.64

Italy

7.8

2.83

Turkey

7.8

2.85

South Korea

7.7

2.99

Japan

7.7

3.00

7.6

3.10

Spain

7.5

3.22

Mexico

7.4

3.40

Finland

7.3

3.47

Ireland

7.2

3.63

Denmark

7.1

3.75

Greece

7.1

3.79

Australia

7.0

3.86

Chile

6.9

4.04

Netherlands

6.9

4.06

Portugal

6.8

4.12

Sweden

6.8

4.14

USA

6.6

4.37

Poland

6.5

4.54

Slovenia

6.2

4.89

New Zealand

6.1

5.03

Austria

6.0

5.21

Lithuania

6.0

5.23

Lower middle group

Bulgaria

5.5

5.81

Israel

5.0

6.50

Switzerland

4.8

6.76

Luxembourg

4.6

7.08

Germany

4.5

7.19

Czechia

4.3

7.40

Romania

4.0

7.75

Belgium

4.0

7.85

Slovakia

3.9

7.98

France

3.7

8.22

Hungary

3.3

8.74

Bottom group

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