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Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015: Highlights from Scotland's results
Report covering Scotland's performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015, covering maths reading and science.
Table A.2b: Mean scores in science, by gender, and comparison with Scotland: non- OECD countries and economies
Overall | Gender differences | |||||||
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Mean score | S.D. | Male | Female | |||||
mean | s.e. | s.d. | s.e. | mean | s.e | mean | s.e | |
Significantly above Scotland | ||||||||
B-S-J-G (China) | 518 | (4.6) | 103 | (2.5) | 522 | (4.5) | 513 | (5.3) |
Chinese Taipei | 532 | (2.7) | 100 | (1.9) | 535 | (4.1) | 530 | (3.8) |
Hong Kong (China) | 523 | (2.5) | 81 | (1.4) | 523 | (3.1) | 524 | (3.4) |
Macao (China) | 529 | (1.1) | 81 | (1.0) | 525 | (1.5) | 532 | (1.5) |
Singapore | 556 | (1.2) | 104 | (0.9) | 559 | (1.8) | 552 | (1.7) |
Viet Nam | 525 | (3.9) | 77 | (2.3) | 523 | (4.0) | 526 | (4.2) |
Significantly below Scotland | ||||||||
Albania | 427 | (3.3) | 78 | (1.5) | 415 | (4.0) | 439 | (3.0) |
Algeria | 376 | (2.6) | 69 | (1.5) | 369 | (3.0) | 383 | (3.1) |
Argentina | 432 | (2.9) | 81 | (1.2) | 440 | (3.2) | 425 | (3.2) |
Brazil | 401 | (2.3) | 89 | (1.3) | 403 | (2.5) | 399 | (2.4) |
Bulgaria | 446 | (4.4) | 102 | (2.1) | 438 | (5.3) | 454 | (4.4) |
Colombia | 416 | (2.4) | 80 | (1.3) | 421 | (3.1) | 411 | (2.4) |
Costa Rica | 420 | (2.1) | 70 | (1.2) | 429 | (2.5) | 411 | (2.2) |
Croatia | 475 | (2.5) | 89 | (1.2) | 478 | (3.2) | 473 | (2.8) |
Cyprus | 433 | (1.4) | 93 | (1.2) | 424 | (1.7) | 441 | (1.9) |
Dominican Republic | 332 | (2.6) | 72 | (1.8) | 332 | (3.2) | 331 | (2.6) |
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 384 | (1.2) | 85 | (1.3) | 374 | (1.6) | 394 | (1.8) |
Georgia | 411 | (2.4) | 91 | (1.3) | 403 | (3.3) | 420 | (2.3) |
Indonesia | 403 | (2.6) | 68 | (1.6) | 401 | (3.0) | 405 | (2.8) |
Jordan | 409 | (2.7) | 84 | (1.6) | 389 | (3.9) | 428 | (3.6) |
Kazakhstan | 456 | (3.7) | 76 | (2.6) | 455 | (4.1) | 458 | (3.8) |
Kosovo | 378 | (1.7) | 71 | (1.1) | 374 | (2.0) | 383 | (2.1) |
Lebanon | 386 | (3.4) | 90 | (1.8) | 388 | (4.0) | 386 | (3.7) |
Lithuania | 475 | (2.7) | 91 | (1.4) | 472 | (3.3) | 479 | (2.8) |
Malaysia | 443 | (3.0) | 76 | (1.4) | 441 | (3.3) | 445 | (3.1) |
Malta | 465 | (1.6) | 118 | (1.5) | 460 | (2.5) | 470 | (2.2) |
Moldova | 428 | (2.0) | 86 | (1.4) | 425 | (2.4) | 431 | (2.4) |
Montenegro | 411 | (1.0) | 85 | (0.9) | 409 | (1.7) | 414 | (1.3) |
Peru | 397 | (2.4) | 77 | (1.4) | 402 | (2.8) | 392 | (2.9) |
Qatar | 418 | (1.0) | 99 | (0.7) | 406 | (1.4) | 429 | (1.3) |
Romania | 435 | (3.2) | 79 | (1.7) | 432 | (3.7) | 438 | (3.4) |
Russian Federation | 487 | (2.9) | 82 | (1.1) | 489 | (3.6) | 485 | (3.1) |
Thailand | 421 | (2.8) | 78 | (1.6) | 416 | (3.6) | 425 | (2.9) |
Trinidad and Tobago | 425 | (1.4) | 94 | (1.1) | 414 | (2.1) | 435 | (1.9) |
Tunisia | 386 | (2.1) | 65 | (1.6) | 388 | (2.4) | 385 | (2.2) |
United Arab Emirates | 437 | (2.4) | 99 | (1.1) | 424 | (3.4) | 449 | (3.0) |
Uruguay | 435 | (2.2) | 87 | (1.3) | 440 | (3.1) | 431 | (2.2) |
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