Sentences with phrase «pisa reading test scores»

A 2006 World Bank analysis credited initial rise in Poland's PISA reading test scores, in part, to increased hours of classroom instruction.

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I investigate by analyzing national changes in PISA reading scores from 2000, when the test was first given, to 2102.

Drawing from math test scores from PISA 2009 in which the United States performed lower than the OECD average, the report argues that while demand for STEM labor is predicted to increase over the next few decades, a shortage of STEM labor in the United States, along with inadequate performance in science, math, and reading compared to other countries, endangers U.S. future competitiveness and innovation.

The OECD says students in Australia — along with those in New Zealand, Japan, Korea and the United States — performed much better in this assessment than would be expected, based on their scores in the PISA 2015 science, reading and mathematics tests.

And, according to international comparative tests (PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment, PIRLS — Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, and TIMMS — Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), «children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores at age 15 than those who attend no preschool or only one year».

For each state and country, we regress the available test scores on a year variable, indicators for the international testing series (PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS), a grade indicator (4th vs. 8th grade), and subject indicators (mathematics, reading, science).

The 2003 PISA provides test score results in math, reading, and science for representative samples of 15 - year - olds within each country, or nearly 200,000 students altogether.

On average, students in countries with performance - related pay score 24.8 percent of a standard deviation higher on the PISA math test; in reading the effect is 24.3 percent of a standard deviation; and in science it is 15.4 percent (see Figure 1).

Specifically, we measure the relationship between Catholic - induced private school competition in a country and the PISA test scores of individual students in math, reading, and science.

In 2009 and 2012, Finland saw drops in all three subjects — reading, math, and science — among its high - scoring test - takers — those who reached level 5 or 6 on PISA's six - point scale.

On average, Finnish students do only about three hours of homework a week, yet in 2012 they scored sixth highest in the world in reading and 12th highest in math on the OECD's international test, known as PISA or Programme for International Student Assessment.

The new analysis was based on the PISA in math and science, but not in reading, though it says the math and science scores are «highly correlated with reading - test scores.»

White pupils in England score between 25 to 40 points more in PISA's science, maths and reading tests than their black and Asian peers.

In last year's PISA reading test Wales scored 480, but Scotland scored 506 points, England scored 500 and Northern Ireland 498.

On the recently reported PISA test, students in schools with less than 10 % of students in poverty scored 551 in reading, second only to Shanghai.

While Singapore, South Korea, and Japan scored highest, U.S. students ranked 18th — notably higher than expected when compared to students in other countries who show similar performances on the PISA tests assessing mathematics, reading, and science.

Also on an international test, the 2012 Program of International Student Assessment (PISA), Connecticut's 15 year - olds also scored extremely high in reading.

For example, since 1992, Connecticut, along with Massachusetts and New Jersey, has had the highest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores in the country, and Connecticut ranks fifth in the world, outranked by only three countries and the state of Massachusetts, in reading scores of 15 - year - olds on the international PISA test.

On the international PISA test, Connecticut's 15 year olds scored higher in reading than students in 63 nations.

For example, since 1992, Connecticut, along with Massachusetts and New Jersey, has had the highest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores in the country, and Connecticut ranks 5th in the whole world, outranked by only three countries and the state of Massachusetts, in reading scores of 15 year olds on the international PISA test.

Nineteen countries and education systems scored higher than the United States in reading on the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, up from nine systems when the test was last administered in 2009.