Table 401. | Percentage distribution of 15-year-olds at selected reading literacy proficiency levels, by country: 2000 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Percentage distribution at levels of proficiency |Mean |________________________________ ________________________________ Country |score |Below | | | | | | |Level 1\1\|Level 1\2\|Level 2\3\|Level 3\4\|Level 4\5\|Level 5\6\ ____________________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 ____________________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ OECD total\7\ ....|499(2.0)| 6.2(0.4)| 12.1(0.4)| 21.8(0.4)| 28.6(0.4)| 21.8(0.4)| 9.4(0.4) OECD average\8\ ..|500(0.6)| 6.0(0.1)| 11.9(0.2)| 21.7(0.2)| 28.7(0.2)| 22.3(0.2)| 9.5(0.1) |________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ Australia ..........|528(3.5)| 3.3(0.5)| 9.1(0.8)| 19.0(1.1)| 25.7(1.1)| 25.3(0.9)| 17.6(1.2) Austria ............|507(2.4)| 4.4(0.4)| 10.2(0.6)| 21.7(0.9)| 29.9(1.2)| 24.9(1.0)| 8.8(0.8) Belgium ............|507(3.6)| 7.7(1.0)| 11.3(0.7)| 16.8(0.7)| 25.8(0.9)| 26.3(0.9)| 12.0(0.7) Canada .............|534(1.6)| 2.4(0.3)| 7.2(0.3)| 18.0(0.4)| 28.0(0.5)| 27.7(0.6)| 16.8(0.5) Czech Republic .....|492(2.4)| 6.1(0.6)| 11.4(0.7)| 24.8(1.2)| 30.9(1.1)| 19.8(0.8)| 7.0(0.6) | | | | | | | Denmark ............|497(2.4)| 5.9(0.6)| 12.0(0.7)| 22.5(0.9)| 29.5(1.0)| 22.0(0.9)| 8.1(0.5) Finland ............|546(2.6)| 1.7(0.5)| 5.2(0.4)| 14.3(0.7)| 28.7(0.8)| 31.6(0.9)| 18.5(0.9) France .............|505(2.7)| 4.2(0.6)| 11.0(0.8)| 22.0(0.8)| 30.6(1.0)| 23.7(0.9)| 8.5(0.6) Germany ............|484(2.5)| 9.9(0.7)| 12.7(0.6)| 22.3(0.8)| 26.8(1.0)| 19.4(1.0)| 8.8(0.5) Greece .............|474(5.0)| 8.7(1.2)| 15.7(1.4)| 25.9(1.4)| 28.1(1.7)| 16.7(1.4)| 5.0(0.7) | | | | | | | Hungary ............|480(4.0)| 6.9(0.7)| 15.8(1.2)| 25.0(1.1)| 28.8(1.3)| 18.5(1.1)| 5.1(0.8) Iceland ............|507(1.5)| 4.0(0.3)| 10.5(0.6)| 22.0(0.8)| 30.8(0.9)| 23.6(1.1)| 9.1(0.7) Ireland ............|527(3.2)| 3.1(0.5)| 7.9(0.8)| 17.9(0.9)| 29.7(1.1)| 27.1(1.1)| 14.2(0.8) Italy ..............|487(2.9)| 5.4(0.9)| 13.5(0.9)| 25.6(1.0)| 30.6(1.0)| 19.5(1.1)| 5.3(0.5) Japan ..............|522(5.2)| 2.7(0.6)| 7.3(1.1)| 18.0(1.3)| 33.3(1.3)| 28.8(1.7)| 9.9(1.1) | | | | | | | Korea, Republic of .|525(2.4)| 0.9(0.2)| 4.8(0.6)| 18.6(0.9)| 38.8(1.1)| 31.1(1.2)| 5.7(0.6) Luxembourg .........|441(1.6)| 14.2(0.7)| 20.9(0.8)| 27.5(1.3)| 24.6(1.1)| 11.2(0.5)| 1.7(0.3) Mexico .............|422(3.3)| 16.1(1.2)| 28.1(1.4)| 30.3(1.1)| 18.8(1.2)| 6.0(0.7)| 0.9(0.2) New Zealand ........|529(2.8)| 4.8(0.5)| 8.9(0.5)| 17.2(0.9)| 24.6(1.1)| 25.8(1.1)| 18.7(1.0) Norway .............|505(2.8)| 6.3(0.6)| 11.2(0.8)| 19.5(0.8)| 28.1(0.8)| 23.7(0.9)| 11.2(0.7) | | | | | | | Poland .............|479(4.5)| 8.7(1.0)| 14.6(1.0)| 24.1(1.4)| 28.2(1.3)| 18.6(1.3)| 5.9(1.0) Portugal ...........|470(4.5)| 9.6(1.0)| 16.7(1.2)| 25.3(1.0)| 27.5(1.2)| 16.8(1.1)| 4.2(0.5) Spain ..............|493(2.7)| 4.1(0.5)| 12.2(0.9)| 25.7(0.7)| 32.8(1.0)| 21.1(0.9)| 4.2(0.5) Sweden .............|516(2.2)| 3.3(0.4)| 9.3(0.6)| 20.3(0.7)| 30.4(1.0)| 25.6(1.0)| 11.2(0.7) Switzerland ........|494(4.3)| 7.0(0.7)| 13.3(0.9)| 21.4(1.0)| 28.0(1.0)| 21.0(1.0)| 9.2(1.0) | | | | | | | United Kingdom .....|523(2.6)| 3.6(0.4)| 9.2(0.5)| 19.6(0.7)| 27.5(0.9)| 24.4(0.9)| 15.6(1.0) United States ......|504(7.1)| 6.4(1.2)| 11.5(1.2)| 21.0(1.2)| 27.4(1.3)| 21.5(1.4)| 12.2(1.4) | | | | | | | Non-OECD countries| | | | | | | Brazil .............|396(3.1)| 23.3(1.4)| 32.5(1.2)| 27.7(1.3)| 12.9(1.1)| 3.1(0.5)| 0.6(0.2) Latvia .............|458(5.3)| 12.7(1.3)| 17.9(1.3)| 26.3(1.1)| 25.2(1.3)| 13.8(1.1)| 4.1(0.6) Liechtenstein ......|483(4.1)| 7.6(1.5)| 14.5(2.1)| 23.2(2.9)| 30.1(3.4)| 19.5(2.2)| 5.1(1.6) Russian Federation .|462(4.2)| 9.0(1.0)| 18.5(1.1)| 29.2(0.8)| 26.9(1.1)| 13.3(1.0)| 3.2(0.5) ____________________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ |
\1\Less than 335 score points. Although students at this level may have the technical capacity to read, they have serious difficulties in using reading literacy as an effective tool to advance knowledge. NOTE: Mean score was designed to have an average of 500 points, and a standard deviation of 100. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), Knowledge and Skills for Life, 2000. (This table was prepared August 2002.)
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