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On average, how well do students score on PISA tests?

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Values among 41 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	PISA results, mean of scores on the reading, mathematics and science scales
Year:	2018
Unit:	Standardized Measure
Direction:	High 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: OECD: Literacy Skills For The World Of Tomorrow, Further Results From Pisa 2000, Table 2.3a (Reading Scale), Table 3.1 (Mathematics Scale), Table 3.2 (Science Scale) Data for ROU: OECD: Literacy Skills For The World Of Tomorrow, Further Results From Pisa 2000, Addendum With Data For Romania URL: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.or… http://www.oecd.org/educatio… 2003: Learning for Tomorrow’s World, First Results from PISA 2003, Table 6.2 (Reading Scale), Table 2.1c (Mathematics Scale), Table 6.6 (Science Scale) URL: https://www.oecd.org/educatio… http://www.oecd.org/educatio… http://www.oecd.org/educatio… 2006: PISA 2006, Science Competencies for Tomorrow’s World, Volume I, Figure 2.11c (Science Scale), Figure 6.8b (Reading Scale), Figure 6.20b (Mathematics Scale) URL: https://www.oecd.org/pisa/pi… http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/14… http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/14… 2009: PISA 2009 Results: What Students Know and Can Do, Student Performance In Reading, Mathematics And Science, Volume I, Table I.A. URL: https://www.oecd.org/pisa/pi… http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/88… 2012: PISA 2012 Results: What Students Know and Can Do, Student Performance In Mathematics, Reading And Science, Volume I, Table I.A URL: https://www.oecd.org/pisa/ke… http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/88… 2015: PISA 2015 Results, Excellence And Equity In Education, Volume I, Figure I.1.1 URL: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.or… http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/88… 2018: PISA 2018 Results: What Students Know and Can Do,n Volume I, Table I.1 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.
Maximum:	558.0475
Minimum:	427.8075
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Additional annotations and exceptions

For Spain, PISA 2018, mean score on the mathematics and science scale only.

Top group

Score

PISA results

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Upper middle group

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Estonia

7.8

525.51

Japan

7.4

519.99

South Korea

7.3

519.66

Canada

7.1

516.70

Finland

7.1

516.42

Poland

6.9

512.85

Ireland

6.3

504.61

Slovenia

6.2

503.75

6.2

503.46

New Zealand

6.2

502.90

Sweden

6.2

502.54

Netherlands

6.2

502.47

Denmark

6.1

501.06

Germany

6.0

500.44

Belgium

6.0

499.90

Lower middle group

Australia

5.9

498.99

Switzerland

5.9

498.17

Norway

5.8

496.94

Czechia

5.7

495.49

USA

5.7

495.33

France

5.6

493.66

Portugal

5.4

491.99

Austria

5.4

491.04

Latvia

5.1

487.36

Spain

4.8

482.32

Iceland

4.7

481.40

Lithuania

4.6

479.71

Hungary

4.6

479.33

Italy

4.4

476.96

Luxembourg

4.4

476.73

Croatia

4.0

471.85

Slovakia

3.9

469.40

Israel

3.6

465.22

Turkey

3.4

462.48

Malta

3.1

458.85

Bottom group

Greece

2.8

453.47

Cyprus

1.7

438.02

Chile

1.7

437.75

Romania

1.0

427.79

Bulgaria

1.0

426.65

Mexico

1.0

416.16