OECD/UNESCO study analyses student performance in 43 countries

These are conclusions of a report published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Literacy Skills for the World of Tomorrow. It is based on data gathered in the context of the OECD's...

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Published in:Update - Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation 2003-11, Vol.31 (4)
Main Author: Reith, Bill
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Educational Quality
Educational tests & measurements
International
Reading Skills
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Summary:These are conclusions of a report published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Literacy Skills for the World of Tomorrow. It is based on data gathered in the context of the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in which Canada participates. This latest report compares and analyses data collected in 2002 from 15 mainly middle-income countries and economies - Albania, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Hong Kong-China, Indonesia, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, FYR Macedonia, Peru, Romania, the Russian Federation and Thailand - with data collected in 2000 from 28 of the 30 member countries of the OECD and first published in 2001. Among the non-OECD countries, students in Hong Kong-China emerge as top performers, achieving overall scores in reading proficiency equivalent to those of students in the top OECD countries (after Finland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland). And, with students in Japan and Korea, they are ahead of the rest, on average, in mathematical and scientific literacy.
ISSN:0847-9364