Table 19-1. Average combined science literacy scale scores of 15-year-old students, by scientific skill subscale and country or jurisdiction: 2006
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Scientific skill subscale
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| Country or jurisdiction |
Combined science literacy score |
Identifying scientific issues |
Using scientific evidence |
Explaining phenomena scientifically |
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| OECD average |
500* |
499 |
499* |
500* |
| OECD-member country |
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| Australia |
527* |
535* |
531* |
520* |
| Austria |
511* |
505* |
505* |
516* |
| Belgium |
510* |
515* |
516* |
503* |
| Canada |
534* |
532* |
542* |
531* |
| Czech Republic |
513* |
500 |
501 |
527* |
| Denmark |
496 |
493 |
489 |
501* |
| Finland |
563* |
555* |
567* |
566* |
| France |
495 |
499 |
511* |
481 |
| Germany |
516* |
510* |
515* |
519* |
| Greece |
473* |
469* |
465* |
476 |
| Hungary |
504* |
483* |
497 |
518* |
| Iceland |
491 |
494 |
491 |
488 |
| Ireland |
508* |
516* |
506* |
505* |
| Italy |
475* |
474* |
467* |
480 |
| Japan |
531* |
522* |
544* |
527* |
| Korea, Republic of |
522* |
519* |
538* |
512* |
| Luxembourg |
486 |
483* |
492 |
483 |
| Mexico |
410* |
421* |
402* |
406* |
| Netherlands |
525* |
533* |
526* |
522* |
| New Zealand |
530* |
536* |
537* |
522* |
| Norway |
487 |
489 |
473* |
495 |
| Poland |
498 |
483* |
494 |
506* |
| Portugal |
474* |
486 |
472* |
469* |
| Slovak Republic |
488 |
475* |
478 |
501* |
| Spain |
488 |
489 |
485 |
490 |
| Sweden |
503* |
499 |
496 |
510* |
| Switzerland |
512* |
515* |
519* |
508* |
| Turkey |
424* |
427* |
417* |
423* |
| United Kingdom |
515* |
514* |
514* |
517* |
| United States |
489 |
492 |
489 |
486 |
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| Non-OECD-member jurisdiction |
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| Argentina |
391* |
395* |
385* |
386* |
| Azerbaijan |
382* |
353* |
344* |
412* |
| Brazil |
390* |
398* |
378* |
390* |
| Bulgaria |
434* |
427* |
417* |
444* |
| Chile |
438* |
444* |
440* |
432* |
| Chinese Taipei |
532* |
509* |
532* |
545* |
| Colombia |
388* |
402* |
383* |
379* |
| Croatia |
493 |
494 |
490 |
492 |
| Estonia |
531* |
516* |
531* |
541* |
| Hong Kong-China |
542* |
528* |
542* |
549* |
| Indonesia |
393* |
393* |
386* |
395* |
| Israel |
454* |
457* |
460* |
443* |
| Jordan |
422* |
409* |
405* |
438* |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
322* |
321* |
288* |
334* |
| Latvia |
490 |
489 |
491 |
486 |
| Liechtenstein |
522* |
522* |
535* |
516* |
| Lithuania |
488 |
476* |
487 |
494 |
| Macao-China |
511* |
490 |
512* |
520* |
| Montenegro, Republic of |
412* |
401* |
407* |
417* |
| Qatar |
349* |
352* |
324* |
356* |
| Romania |
418* |
409* |
407* |
426* |
| Russian Federation |
479 |
463* |
481 |
483 |
| Serbia, Republic of |
436* |
431* |
425* |
441* |
| Slovenia |
519* |
517* |
516* |
523* |
| Thailand |
421* |
413* |
423* |
420* |
| Tunisia |
386* |
384* |
382* |
383* |
| Uruguay |
428* |
429* |
429* |
423* |
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* Significantly different from U.S. 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. The combined science scale and the three subscales are each computed separately. Therefore, the combined science scale score is not the average of the three subscale scores.
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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), tables 2a–d, data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2006.
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