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International Surveys - PISA

High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Friday, March 13, 2009

PISA is one of three major international studies in which Scotland participates. PISA assesses the performance of 15-year-old pupils in maths, reading and science. The latest publication, PISA 2006, showed that:-

  • in science, Scotland's performance was above average but had not changed since 2003 while other countries had on average improved.
  • in maths Scotland's performance was average, but had declined since 2003.
  • in reading Scotland's performance was average, but had declined since 2003.

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Page updated: Friday, March 13, 2009