Table 19-3. Average combined science literacy scale scores of OECD countries and U.S. 15-year-old students, by race/ethnicity: 2006
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| OECD average and U.S. racial/ethnic group |
Combined science literacy score |
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| OECD average |
500 |
| White |
523* |
| Black |
409* |
| Hispanic |
439* |
| Asian |
499 |
| Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander |
483 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native |
436* |
| More than one race |
501 |
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* Significantly different from OECD average (p < .05).
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NOTE: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental organization of 30 industrialized nations. The OECD average represents the average of the 30 member nations where each country is counted equally regardless of population size. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
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SOURCE: Baldi, S., Jin, Y., Skewer, M., Green, P. J., and Herget, D. (2007). Highlights From PISA 2006: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Science and Mathematics Literacy in an International Context (NCES 2008-016), figure 7, data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2006.
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