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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.4: Mean scores in science processes: OECD and UK administrations
| Explaining phenomena scientifically | Evaluating and designing scientific inquiry | Interpreting data and evidence scientifically | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | s.e | Mean | s.e | Mean | s.e. | |
| Australia | 505 | (1.6) | 514 | (2.0) | 505 | (1.8) |
| Austria | 498 | (2.6) | 496 | (2.6) | 489 | (2.5) |
| Belgium | 493 | (2.3) | 509 | (2.5) | 501 | (2.5) |
| Canada | 526 | (2.1) | 534 | (2.7) | 523 | (2.6) |
| Chile | 450 | (2.4) | 442 | (2.9) | 445 | (2.7) |
| Czech Republic | 494 | (2.4) | 485 | (2.8) | 488 | (2.7) |
| Denmark | 499 | (2.7) | 503 | (2.6) | 494 | (2.6) |
| Estonia | 535 | (2.0) | 538 | (2.6) | 534 | (2.7) |
| Finland | 533 | (2.3) | 519 | (2.8) | 526 | (2.8) |
| France | 484 | (2.2) | 500 | (2.5) | 501 | (2.5) |
| Germany | 508 | (2.7) | 511 | (2.8) | 507 | (3.0) |
| Greece | 451 | (3.9) | 456 | (4.2) | 452 | (3.9) |
| Hungary | 478 | (2.4) | 478 | (2.8) | 476 | (2.7) |
| Iceland | 468 | (2.0) | 476 | (2.4) | 476 | (2.1) |
| Ireland | 502 | (2.4) | 507 | (2.6) | 500 | (2.6) |
| Israel | 460 | (3.4) | 479 | (3.8) | 466 | (3.6) |
| Italy | 479 | (2.7) | 480 | (2.7) | 481 | (2.9) |
| Japan | 534 | (3.1) | 538 | (3.3) | 538 | (3.1) |
| Korea | 501 | (3.2) | 515 | (3.1) | 522 | (3.2) |
| Latvia | 481 | (1.7) | 494 | (2.0) | 492 | (1.6) |
| Luxembourg | 479 | (1.1) | 480 | (1.7) | 484 | (1.8) |
| Mexico | 412 | (2.2) | 415 | (2.9) | 415 | (2.3) |
| Netherlands | 504 | (2.5) | 514 | (2.5) | 501 | (2.5) |
| New Zealand | 509 | (2.6) | 520 | (3.2) | 507 | (2.4) |
| Norway | 501 | (2.3) | 499 | (2.6) | 494 | (2.7) |
| Poland | 501 | (2.7) | 502 | (3.0) | 500 | (2.6) |
| Portugal | 495 | (2.5) | 503 | (2.7) | 503 | (2.6) |
| Slovak Republic | 462 | (2.6) | 458 | (3.2) | 456 | (2.8) |
| Slovenia | 516 | (1.5) | 515 | (2.0) | 506 | (2.0) |
| Spain | 494 | (2.1) | 495 | (2.7) | 491 | (2.4) |
| Sweden | 497 | (3.6) | 492 | (4.0) | 486 | (3.6) |
| Switzerland | 504 | (3.1) | 509 | (3.5) | 503 | (3.0) |
| Turkey | 428 | (4.0) | 434 | (4.1) | 419 | (4.1) |
| United Kingdom | 512 | (2.7) | 516 | (2.8) | 504 | (2.8) |
| United States | 492 | (3.4) | 503 | (3.6) | 497 | (3.5) |
| Scotland | 495 | (2.6) | 500 | (2.6) | 494 | (2.4) |
| Northern Ireland | 504 | (3.3) | 507 | (4.7) | 495 | (3.4) |
| Wales | 490 | (2.9) | 490 | (4.7) | 479 | (3.1) |
| England | 516 | (3.2) | 519 | (3.3) | 507 | (3.3) |
| OECD average | 491 | (0.4) | 495 | (0.5) | 491 | (0.5) |
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