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Table C.4.10
Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) mathematics assessments, Canada and provinces, 2003 and 2006

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  PISA 2003 PISA 2006
estimated average score 95% confidence interval estimated average score 95% confidence interval
Mathematics
Canada 532 528 to 536 527 522 to 532
Newfoundland and Labrador 517 512 to 522 507 501 to 513
Prince Edward Island 500 496 to 504 501 496 to 506
Nova Scotia 515 511 to 519 506 501 to 511
New Brunswick 512 508 to 516 506 501 to 511
Quebec 537 528 to 546 540 531 to 549
Ontario 530 523 to 537 526 518 to 534
Manitoba 528 522 to 534 521 514 to 528
Saskatchewan 516 508 to 524 507 500 to 514
Alberta 549 541 to 557 530* 522 to 538
British Columbia 538 533 to 543 523* 514 to 532
* The difference from PISA 2003 is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Notes: The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) reports on reading literacy, mathematical literacy and scientific literacy every three years and provides a more detailed look at each domain in the years when it is the major focus: reading achievement in 2000, mathematics achievement in 2003 and science achievement in 2006. The first major assessment of mathematics took place in 2003; it is not possible to compare these results with those from the minor mathematics assessment done for PISA 2000. The confidence interval represents the range within which the score for the population is likely to fall, with 95% probability. If two confidence intervals overlap, there is no statistically significant difference between the means.
The confidence intervals in this table should only be used to perform trend analysis across the assessment years as the 2006 confidence intervals include linking errors associated with the uncertainty that results from making comparisons with PISA 2003. To compare the performance of Canada or of provinces in a particular assessment year, the PISA Canada report for that year should be consulted.
Data source: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Measuring Up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study: The Performance of Canada's Youth in Science, Reading and Mathematics. 2006 First Results for Canadians Aged 15. Statistics Canada. Catalogue no. 81-590-XIE-3. Ottawa.
Table source: Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.
Updated December 16, 2008.

 

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