Ps: note that1. where there are statistically significant differences in math literacy, boys are favored, in each and every country -- except Iceland.2. Whenre there are statistically significant differences in problem solving, girls are favored, in all countries.How could one account for these seemingly incongruent observations?
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an assessment (begun in 2000) that focuses on 15-year-olds' capabilities in reading literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy.![Distribution of problem-solving scores of 15-year-old students, by country: 2003]()
NOTE: Each bar above represents the average score difference between males and females on combined mathematics literacy and problem solving. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) average is the average of the national averages of the OECD member countries with data available. Because the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is principally an OECD study, the results for non-OECD countries are displayed separately from those of the OECD countries and are not included in the OECD average. Due to low response rates, data for the United Kingdom are not discussed in this report.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2003.A copy of the PISA 2003 Highlights suitable for printing is also available.
Description of proficiency levels for combined mathematics literacy
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/PISA2003HighlightsFigures.asp?figure=11&quest=1
Description of proficiency levels for problem solving: 2003
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/PISA2003HighlightsFigures.asp?figure=12&quest=1
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