Table 12A
Mathematics score changes, scale scores by social class group for U.S. and top-scoring countries, PISA 2000–2009
| Canada | Finland | Korea | U.S. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2009 | Change | 2000 | 2009 | Change | 2000 | 2009 | Change | 2000 | 2009 | Change | |
| Group 1 (Lowest) | 487 | 471 | -17 | 507 | 490 | -17 | 473 | 452 | -20 | 416 | 434 | 18 |
| Group 2 | 502 | 493 | -9 | 518 | 507 | -11 | 501 | 504 | 3 | 446 | 464 | 17 |
| Group 3 | 523 | 521 | -1 | 527 | 528 | 1 | 538 | 531 | -8 | 490 | 491 | 1 |
| Group 4 | 539 | 543 | 4 | 544 | 552 | 8 | 556 | 553 | -3 | 510 | 510 | 0 |
| Group 5 | 551 | 560 | 9 | 558 | 570 | 12 | 577 | 579 | 2 | 543 | 548 | 4 |
| Group 6 (Highest) | 556 | 567 | 11 | 565 | 580 | 15 | 588 | 602 | 13 | 554 | 548 | -6 |
| National average math score | 533 | 527 | -6 | 536 | 541 | 4 | 547 | 546 | -1 | 493 | 487 | -6 |
Source: Authors' analysis of OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2000 database, with authors' interpolations of average test scores, and Tables 1 and 5 for 2009 data
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