UGC NET Paper 1 Mathematical Reasoning & Aptitude.pdf
PISA 2018 European countries
1. PISA 2018 Results
Programme for International Student Assessment
VOLUME 1
What Students Know and Can Do
European Union
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Students’ proficiency in reading
Fig I.5.1
Countries marked with an asterisk conducted the PISA 2018 assessment on paper. “Level 1c”
refers to “Below Level 1b” as “Level 1c” does not exist in the paper-based assessment.
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490
510
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550
Scorepoints
Countries/economies statistically
significantly above the OECD average
Countries/economies NOT statistically
significantly different from the OECD
average
Countries/economies statistically
significantly different below the OECD
average
Tab I.4.1
Countries/economies with an asterisk* did not meet response-rate
standards, but further analyses could exclude a large bias in the
published results due to non-response.
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4. Students at Level 1a or below
Level 1
Below Level 1
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20
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20
40
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80
100
%
Students at Level 2 or above
Students’ proficiency in mathematics
Level 6
Level 5
Level 4
Level 3
Level 2
5. Mean mathematics performance
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560
Scorepoints
Countries/economies statistically
significantly above the OECD average
Countries/economies NOT statistically
significantly different from the OECD
average
Countries/economies statistically
significantly different below the OECD
average
Tab I.4.2
Countries/economies with an asterisk* did not meet response-rate
standards, but further analyses could exclude a large bias in the
published results due to non-response.
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%
Level 1a
Level 1b
Below Level 1b
Students at Level 2 or above
Students at Level 1a or below
Students’ proficiency in science
Fig I.7.1Level 6
Level 5
Level 4
Level 3
Level 2
Countries marked with an asterisk conducted the PISA 2018 assessment on paper.
7. Mean science performance
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Scorepoints
Countries/economies statistically
significantly above the OECD average
Countries/economies NOT statistically
significantly different from the OECD
average
Countries/economies statistically
significantly different below the OECD
average
Tab I.4.3
Countries/economies with an asterisk* did not meet response-rate
standards, but further analyses could exclude a large bias in the
published results due to non-response.
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10. PISA 2018: Learning time ≠ learning outcomes
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Germany
Switzerland
Sweden
Estonia
CzechRepublic
Netherlands
Ireland
France
UnitedKingdom
Norway
Iceland
Belgium
Slovenia
Latvia
OECDaverage
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Portugal
SlovakRepublic
Denmark
Poland
Hungary
Austria
Croatia
Bulgaria
Greece
Italy
Scorepointsinreadingperhouroflearningtime
Hours Intended learning time at school (hours) Study time after school (hours) Score points in science per hour of total learning time
Time in school
Learning out of school
Productivity
Learning time is based on reports by 15-year-old students in the
same country/economy in response to the PISA 2015 questionnaire.
12. 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018
PISAreadingscore
Increasingly positive
Direction and trajectory of trend in mean performance
Countries/economies with a positive average trend
2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018
Steadily positive
2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018
Positive, but flattening
Fig I.9.1
Macao
(China)
Jordan
Russia
Estonia
Portugal
Chile Montenegro Israel Qatar
Peru Germany Albania Colombia
Romania Poland
13. 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018
PISAreadingscore
U-shaped
Direction and trajectory of trend in mean performance
Countries/economies with no significant average trend
2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018
Flat
2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018
Hump-shaped
Fig I.9.1
Argentina Ireland
Slovenia
Czech
Republic
Uruguay
Japan Mexico France
Canada
United
States
Denmark
Italy Norway Croatia
Austria Bulgaria
OECD
average
Hungary Latvia
Switzer-
land
Hong
Kong
(China)
Belgium
Turkey Indonesia
Chinese
Taipei
Greece
Luxem-
bourg
14. 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018
PISAreadingscore
Increasingly negative
Direction and trajectory of trend in mean performance
Countries/economies with a negative average trend
2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018
Steadily negative
2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018
Negative, but flattening
Fig I.9.1
Korea Netherlands
Thailand
Australia Iceland
New Zealand Finland
Sweden
21. Strength of the socio-economic gradient and reading performance
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Readingperformance(inscorepoints)
Percentage of variation in performance explained by social-economic status
OECD average: 487 points
OECDaverage:12%
Below-average performance
Below-average in equity in education
Above-average performance
Above-average in equity in education
Greater equity
HigherPerformance
Strength of the relationship between performance and
socio-economic status is below the average
Strength of the relationship between performance and
socio-economic status is not statistically significantly
different from the average
Strength of the relationship between performance and
socio-economic status is above the average Fig II.2.5
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Percentage of disadvantaged students who scored in the top quarter of reading performance in
their own country (academically resilient students)
%
Academic resilience
Fig II.3.1
In Estonia, 15.6% of students that are in the
bottom quarter of national ESCS score in top
national quarter of reading performance
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Percentage of students exhibiting a growth mindset%
Proportion of students exhibiting a growth mindset
Fig II.3.4
Students with a growth mindset are those who believe
that their abilities and circumstances are not fixed and
can be changed
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Percentage-pointdifference
Difference in the share of academically resilient students between those
who exhibited a growth mindset and those who did not
Growth mindset and student resilience
Statistically significant differences are
shown in a darker tone
More academically resilient students were found
amongst those who reported a growth mindset in
almost all countries/economies
Fig II.3.5
The sample is restricted to disadvantaged students
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Between-school variation Within-school variation
PercentageofthetotalvariationinperformanceacrossOECDcountries
Variation in reading performance between and within schools
Fig II.4.1
OECD average: 29%
OECD average: 71%
In Finland, only 7% of the variation in reading performance
that is observed in total across OECD countries is found
between schools, but 96% within schools.
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Distribution of proficiency in reading and mathematics, by gender
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Girls
Boys
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Score points
Mathematics
All PISA countries and economies average
This figure is a histogram of
performance using an interval
size of five score points.
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Fig II.7.4