Table 9A
Reading score changes, scale scores by social class group for U.S. and similar post-industrial countries, PISA 2000–2009
| France | Germany | U.K. | U.S. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2009 | Change | 2000 | 2009 | Change | 2000 | 2009 | Change | 2000 | 2009 | Change | |
| Group 1 (Lowest) | 430 | 403 | -27 | 361 | 413 | 52 | 440 | 424 | -17 | 418 | 442 | 23 |
| Group 2 | 464 | 458 | -7 | 404 | 455 | 52 | 470 | 455 | -16 | 455 | 471 | 15 |
| Group 3 | 503 | 498 | -5 | 465 | 496 | 31 | 508 | 490 | -19 | 499 | 504 | 5 |
| Group 4 | 526 | 533 | 8 | 502 | 523 | 21 | 539 | 522 | -17 | 528 | 529 | 1 |
| Group 5 | 553 | 559 | 6 | 536 | 555 | 19 | 565 | 555 | -10 | 556 | 563 | 7 |
| Group 6 (Highest) | 548 | 573 | 26 | 549 | 551 | 1 | 577 | 562 | -15 | 560 | 563 | 3 |
| National average reading score | 505 | 496 | -9 | 484 | 497 | 13 | 523 | 494 | -29 | 504 | 500 | -5 |
Source: Authors' analysis of OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2000 database, with authors' interpolations of average test scores; Tables 1 and 4 for 2009 data
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