Table C.4.17
Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students, mathematics assessment, by mathematics scale and mathematics sub-scales, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Canada and provinces, 2012

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Table C.4.17
Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students, mathematics assessment, by mathematics scale and mathematics sub-scales, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Canada and provinces, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students PISA 2012 (appearing as column headers).
  PISA 2012
estimated
average
score		 standard error 95% confidence interval
Paper-based mathematics scale  
Canada 518 (1.8) 514.5 to 521.5
Newfoundland and Labrador 490Note * (3.7) 482.7 to 497.3
Prince Edward Island 479Note * (2.5) 474.1 to 483.9
Nova Scotia 497Note * (4.1) 489.0 to 505.0
New Brunswick 502Note * (2.6) 496.9 to 507.1
Quebec 536Note * (3.4) 529.3 to 542.7
Ontario 514 (4.1) 506.0 to 522.0
Manitoba 492Note * (2.9) 486.3 to 497.7
Saskatchewan 506 (3.0) 500.1 to 511.9
Alberta 517 (4.6) 508.0 to 526.0
British Columbia 522 (4.4) 513.4 to 530.6
Mathematics Content Subscales  
Change and Relationships  
Canada 525 (2.0) 521.1 to 528.9
Newfoundland and Labrador 500Note * (3.9) 492.3 to 507.7
Prince Edward Island 490Note * (2.7) 484.7 to 495.3
Nova Scotia 499Note * (5.8) 487.6 to 510.4
New Brunswick 505Note * (3.0) 499.1 to 510.9
Quebec 535 (3.7) 527.7 to 542.3
Ontario 525 (4.2) 516.7 to 533.3
Manitoba 498Note * (3.2) 491.7 to 504.3
Saskatchewan 516 (3.3) 509.5 to 522.5
Alberta 526 (4.9) 516.3 to 535.7
British Columbia 530 (4.8) 520.5 to 539.5
Quantity  
Canada 515 (2.2) 510.7 to 519.3
Newfoundland and Labrador 485Note * (4.0) 477.1 to 492.9
Prince Edward Island 475Note * (2.9) 469.3 to 480.7
Nova Scotia 494Note * (4.1) 485.9 to 502.1
New Brunswick 504Note * (2.9) 498.3 to 509.7
Quebec 534Note * (3.5) 527.1 to 540.9
Ontario 511 (4.9) 501.3 to 520.7
Manitoba 488Note * (3.5) 481.1 to 494.9
Saskatchewan 501Note * (3.5) 494.1 to 507.9
Alberta 512 (5.3) 501.6 to 522.4
British Columbia 523 (5.3) 512.6 to 533.4
Space and Shape  
Canada 510 (2.1) 505.9 to 514.1
Newfoundland and Labrador 477Note * (3.7) 469.7 to 484.3
Prince Edward Island 460Note * (2.6) 454.9 to 465.1
Nova Scotia 482Note * (2.7) 476.7 to 487.3
New Brunswick 493Note * (2.7) 487.7 to 498.3
Quebec 535Note * (4.0) 527.1 to 542.9
Ontario 505 (4.4) 496.3 to 513.7
Manitoba 484Note * (3.2) 477.7 to 490.3
Saskatchewan 497Note * (3.8) 489.5 to 504.5
Alberta 509 (4.9) 499.3 to 518.7
British Columbia 512 (5.0) 502.1 to 521.9
Uncertainty and data  
Canada 516 (1.8) 512.5 to 519.5
Newfoundland and Labrador 491Note * (5.0) 481.1 to 500.9
Prince Edward Island 488Note * (2.7) 482.7 to 493.3
Nova Scotia 503 (5.5) 492.2 to 513.8
New Brunswick 498Note * (2.8) 492.5 to 503.5
Quebec 534Note * (3.5) 527.1 to 540.9
Ontario 511 (4.1) 503.0 to 519.0
Manitoba 495Note * (2.9) 489.3 to 500.7
Saskatchewan 507 (2.9) 501.3 to 512.7
Alberta 517 (4.8) 507.5 to 526.5
British Columbia 521 (4.1) 512.9 to 529.1
Mathematics Process Subscales  
Employing  
Canada 517 (1.9) 513.3 to 520.7
Newfoundland and Labrador 490Note * (3.8) 482.5 to 497.5
Prince Edward Island 479Note * (2.5) 474.1 to 483.9
Nova Scotia 493Note * (3.1) 486.9 to 499.1
New Brunswick 500Note * (2.8) 494.5 to 505.5
Quebec 536Note * (3.4) 529.3 to 542.7
Ontario 512 (4.3) 503.5 to 520.5
Manitoba 489Note * (3.2) 482.7 to 495.3
Saskatchewan 506Note * (3.2) 499.7 to 512.3
Alberta 515 (4.6) 505.9 to 524.1
British Columbia 522 (4.5) 513.1 to 530.9
Formulating  
Canada 516 (2.2) 511.7 to 520.3
Newfoundland and Labrador 482Note * (4.6) 472.9 to 491.1
Prince Edward Island 476Note * (2.8) 470.5 to 481.5
Nova Scotia 494Note * (6.4) 481.4 to 506.6
New Brunswick 504Note * (2.9) 498.3 to 509.7
Quebec 539Note * (3.9) 531.3 to 546.7
Ontario 512 (4.7) 502.7 to 521.3
Manitoba 487Note * (3.3) 480.5 to 493.5
Saskatchewan 502Note * (3.3) 495.5 to 508.5
Alberta 514 (5.6) 503.0 to 525.0
British Columbia 517 (5.2) 506.8 to 527.2
Interpreting  
Canada 521 (2.0) 517.1 to 524.9
Newfoundland and Labrador 499Note * (3.8) 491.5 to 506.5
Prince Edward Island 487Note * (2.9) 481.3 to 492.7
Nova Scotia 507Note * (3.8) 499.5 to 514.5
New Brunswick 502Note * (2.8) 496.5 to 507.5
Quebec 536 (3.4) 429.3 to 542.7
Ontario 517 (4.4) 508.3 to 525.7
Manitoba 502Note * (3.0) 496.1 to 507.9
Saskatchewan 508Note * (3.1) 501.9 to 514.1
Alberta 523 (5.2) 512.8 to 533.2
British Columbia 528 (4.1) 519.9 to 536.1
Note *

The difference between the estimated average score for the province and that for Canada is statistically significant (p < 0.05)

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Notes: The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) reports on reading, mathematics, and science every three years, providing a more detailed look at each domain in the years when it is a major focus: reading in 2000 and 2009, mathematics in 2003 and 2012, and science in 2006.
The confidence interval represents the range within which the score for the population is likely to fall, with 95% probability. It is calculated as a range of plus or minus about two standard errors around the estimated average score. The difference between estimated average scores are statistically significant if the confidence intervals do not overlap. Where confidence intervals overlapped slightly, an additional t-test was conducted to confirm statistical difference.
No data were collected in the three territories and in First Nations schools.
For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Source: Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, 2013, Measuring Up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study: The Performance of Canada's Youth in Mathematics, Reading and Science, 2012 First Results for Canadians Aged 15.
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