Transcription of UNITED KINGDOM - OECD
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UNITED KINGDOM Key findings The UNITED KINGDOM performs around the average in mathematics and reading and above average in science, compared with the 34 OECD countries that participated in the 2012 PISA assessment of 15-year-olds. When compared with PISA 2006 and PISA 2009, there has been no change in performance in any of the subjects tested. (The PISA 2000 and 2003 samples for the UNITED KINGDOM did not meet the PISA response-rate standards, so the observed higher performance in 2000 should not be used for comparisons.) The UNITED KINGDOM is listed 26th in mathematics performance, but because results are based on a sample, its relative position could be between 23rd and 31st. Its performance is similar to Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway and Portugal.
• In the United Kingdom, equity in education outcomes is at the OECD average, with 13% of the variation in student performance in mathematics attributed to differences in students…
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