PISA 2006 results for states, countries, communities, regions.

1. PISA 2006
SCIENCE RESULTS AND REGIONS,
COMMUNITIES AND TERRITORIES
JOSU SIERRA
ISEI-IVEI
BASQUE COUNTRY

2. Josu Sierra
Director of the ISEI-IVEI

3. ESCS LEVELS
ESCS “SUBNATIONAL” PISA 2006
0,4
0,3 0,26
0,21
0,2 0,17 0,17
0,09 0,08
0,1
0
0
ESCS
-0,1 -0,04 -0,04
-0,08
-0,12 -0,12 -0,13 -0,14 -0,14
-0,2 -0,15 -0,15 -0,16 -0,17
-0,18
-0,21
-0,3 -0,26
-0,32 -0,34
-0,4
-0,5
-0,6
-0,7 -0,64
SUBNAT

4. VARIANCE EXPLAINED BY ESCS: SMALL
INFLUENCE OF THIS VARIABLE
PERCENTAGE OF THE BETWEEN SCHOOLS VARIANCE EXPLAINED
BY ESCS-SCIENCE
45,0
40,0 38,6
35,0
31,2
30,0 28,3 28,7 29,3
25,4 26,5
24,2 24,8
25,0 23,0
20,0 18,9 19,3
17,8
15,0
10,7 10,8 11,7
9,0
10,0
5,7 6,4
4,5 4,6 5,1
3,9
5,0 2,3
1,3
0,0

5. SCIENCE RESULT AND ESCS:
SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN EXPECTED
SCIENCE AND ESCS
560
540 Friuli VG
Flemish C.
Bolzano
Veneto
520
Scotland
500
Basque Liguria
SCORE
Andalusia
480
460
Campania
440
Sicilia
420
400
-0,7 -0,6 -0,5 -0,4 -0,3 -0,2 -0,1 0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4
ESCS

6. MATHEMATICS RESULT AND ESCS:
SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN EXPECTED
MATH AND ESCS
600
Flemish C.
550
La Rioja
C.-León
Trento
Véneto
Galicia Scotland
500
Basque
Andalusia
Liguria
SCORE
450
Sicilia
400
350
300
-0,7 -0,6 -0,5 -0,4 -0,3 -0,2 -0,1 0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4
ESCS

7. READING SCORE AND ESCS:
EXPECTED RESULT
READING AND ESCS
550
Friuli VG Flemish C.
Veneto
Trento
Bolzano
500 Basque Scotland
Galicia
Liguria
Andalusia
450
SCORE
Sicilia
400
350
300
-0,7 -0,6 -0,5 -0,4 -0,3 -0,2 -0,1 0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4
ESCS

8. CHANGES THAT WE ARE
IMPLEMENTING NOW
• New Curriculum Decree, introducing Basic
Competences.
• Our amount of hours in science is the lowest
comparing with the Spanish Communities: we
will increase teaching hours in Science.

9. PAPER PRESENTED BY JOSU
SIERRA IN TRENTO (ITALY), APRIL
2008
PISA 2006 CONFERENCE HOSTED BY
OECD AND TRENTINO PROVINCE