Table C.4.2
Estimated average scores and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students, science, by gender1 and by proficiency level, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Canada and provinces, 2015
| 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proficiency level | ||||||||||||||||
| Estimated average scores | Standard Error | Below Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 | ||||||||
| percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | |||
| Total | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 528 | (2.1) | 2.0 | (0.2) | 9.1 | (0.4) | 20.2 | (0.6) | 30.3 | (0.5) | 26.1 | (0.7) | 10.4 | (0.5) | 2.0 | (0.2) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 506 | (3.2) | 3.0 | (0.7) | 12.5 | (1.3) | 24.1 | (1.8) | 31.1 | (1.8) | 21.5 | (1.4) | 7.0 | (1.0) | 0.7 | (0.4) |
| Prince Edward Island | 515 | (5.4) | 1.6 | (0.8) | 9.7 | (2.0) | 24.0 | (2.9) | 34.8 | (3.4) | 21.3 | (3.2) | 8.1 | (1.9) | 0.6 | (0.7) |
| Nova Scotia | 517 | (4.5) | 2.2 | (0.7) | 10.6 | (1.3) | 22.3 | (1.3) | 31.4 | (1.8) | 23.7 | (2.0) | 8.7 | (1.0) | 1.1 | (0.4) |
| New Brunswick | 506 | (4.5) | 2.7 | (0.8) | 12.9 | (1.6) | 24.3 | (1.7) | 30.8 | (2.2) | 21.2 | (1.6) | 7.3 | (1.0) | 0.8 | (0.3) |
| Quebec | 537 | (4.7) | 1.4 | (0.4) | 7.0 | (1.0) | 18.0 | (1.3) | 30.8 | (1.5) | 29.9 | (1.4) | 11.0 | (1.2) | 1.8 | (0.5) |
| Ontario | 524 | (3.9) | 2.3 | (0.4) | 10.0 | (0.9) | 20.7 | (1.1) | 30.0 | (1.0) | 25.0 | (1.5) | 10.0 | (1.0) | 2.0 | (0.4) |
| Manitoba | 499 | (4.7) | 3.6 | (1.0) | 13.9 | (1.6) | 25.1 | (1.6) | 30.8 | (1.6) | 19.5 | (1.7) | 6.3 | (1.1) | 0.8 | (0.6) |
| Saskatchewan | 496 | (3.1) | 3.2 | (0.7) | 13.5 | (1.2) | 28.6 | (1.5) | 30.4 | (1.6) | 18.1 | (1.2) | 5.6 | (0.7) | 0.6 | (0.3) |
| Alberta | 541 | (4.0) | 1.3 | (0.3) | 7.3 | (0.9) | 18.0 | (1.4) | 29.6 | (1.6) | 27.9 | (1.6) | 13.1 | (1.3) | 2.8 | (0.5) |
| British Columbia | 539 | (4.3) | 1.3 | (0.4) | 7.4 | (1.2) | 18.6 | (1.4) | 30.2 | (1.7) | 27.9 | (1.6) | 11.9 | (1.4) | 2.7 | (0.5) |
| Female gender | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 527 | (2.3) | 1.7 | (0.2) | 8.5 | (0.6) | 20.7 | (0.8) | 31.8 | (0.8) | 26.0 | (0.8) | 9.7 | (0.7) | 1.7 | (0.3) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 502 | (3.8) | 3.0 | (1.0) | 11.9 | (1.8) | 25.7 | (2.4) | 32.5 | (2.6) | 21.4 | (2.0) | 5.1 | (1.1) | 0.3 | (0.4) |
| Prince Edward Island | 521 | (6.0) | 0.9 | (0.5) | 7.2 | (2.3) | 25.1 | (4.1) | 34.0 | (5.2) | 25.4 | (4.5) | 6.8 | (2.3) | 0.7 | (1.2) |
| Nova Scotia | 518 | (4.8) | 2.0 | (1.0) | 9.7 | (1.7) | 22.4 | (2.1) | 33.6 | (2.8) | 22.6 | (2.7) | 8.7 | (1.5) | 1.0 | (0.5) |
| New Brunswick | 507 | (4.5) | 2.2 | (0.9) | 11.9 | (1.7) | 25.5 | (2.6) | 32.3 | (2.9) | 21.0 | (2.3) | 6.5 | (1.5) | 0.6 | (0.4) |
| Quebec | 533 | (5.2) | 1.4 | (0.4) | 6.4 | (1.2) | 19.2 | (1.7) | 32.5 | (1.9) | 30.0 | (1.8) | 9.3 | (1.3) | 1.2 | (0.5) |
| Ontario | 525 | (4.2) | 1.7 | (0.5) | 9.4 | (1.1) | 20.8 | (1.5) | 31.5 | (1.5) | 24.9 | (1.7) | 9.9 | (1.4) | 1.8 | (0.5) |
| Manitoba | 500 | (6.1) | 3.6 | (1.3) | 14.0 | (2.2) | 24.5 | (1.9) | 31.3 | (2.1) | 19.2 | (2.2) | 6.4 | (1.5) | 1.0 | (1.0) |
| Saskatchewan | 493 | (4.0) | 3.1 | (1.0) | 13.4 | (1.8) | 28.8 | (2.2) | 32.6 | (2.2) | 17.0 | (1.7) | 4.6 | (0.9) | 0.4 | (0.3) |
| Alberta | 539 | (4.8) | 1.3 | (0.5) | 6.4 | (1.3) | 19.6 | (1.6) | 30.3 | (2.1) | 27.6 | (1.9) | 12.3 | (1.5) | 2.5 | (0.6) |
| British Columbia | 538 | (4.2) | 1.1 | (0.5) | 6.7 | (1.3) | 19.0 | (1.8) | 32.1 | (2.1) | 27.6 | (1.9) | 11.2 | (1.5) | 2.3 | (0.7) |
| Male gender | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 528 | (2.5) | 2.2 | (0.3) | 9.8 | (0.6) | 19.7 | (0.8) | 28.8 | (0.8) | 26.1 | (1.0) | 11.0 | (0.7) | 2.3 | (0.3) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 510 | (5.2) | 3.0 | (1.0) | 13.0 | (1.7) | 22.5 | (2.7) | 29.6 | (2.5) | 21.7 | (2.5) | 9.1 | (1.6) | 1.2 | (0.7) |
| Prince Edward Island | 509 | (7.5) | 2.3 | (1.3) | 12.0 | (2.8) | 22.9 | (4.5) | 35.6 | (5.1) | 17.3 | (4.4) | 9.3 | (2.8) | 0.5 | (0.8) |
| Nova Scotia | 516 | (5.9) | 2.5 | (0.8) | 11.5 | (1.6) | 22.2 | (2.2) | 29.2 | (2.2) | 24.9 | (2.5) | 8.6 | (1.6) | 1.2 | (0.5) |
| New Brunswick | 506 | (6.2) | 3.2 | (1.3) | 13.8 | (2.4) | 23.1 | (1.9) | 29.4 | (2.7) | 21.5 | (2.1) | 8.0 | (1.6) | 1.0 | (0.6) |
| Quebec | 541 | (5.6) | 1.5 | (0.5) | 7.7 | (1.2) | 16.6 | (1.7) | 29.0 | (1.9) | 29.8 | (1.9) | 12.8 | (1.8) | 2.5 | (0.8) |
| Ontario | 523 | (4.5) | 2.8 | (0.5) | 10.6 | (1.1) | 20.7 | (1.5) | 28.5 | (1.6) | 25.0 | (1.8) | 10.2 | (1.1) | 2.3 | (0.5) |
| Manitoba | 499 | (5.0) | 3.5 | (1.1) | 13.7 | (1.9) | 25.7 | (2.3) | 30.4 | (2.5) | 19.9 | (2.2) | 6.1 | (1.2) | 0.7 | (0.4) |
| Saskatchewan | 498 | (3.7) | 3.3 | (0.9) | 13.6 | (1.7) | 28.3 | (2.2) | 28.5 | (1.8) | 19.1 | (1.8) | 6.4 | (1.1) | 0.8 | (0.4) |
| Alberta | 542 | (4.4) | 1.3 | (0.5) | 8.1 | (1.1) | 16.4 | (1.7) | 29.0 | (2.1) | 28.2 | (2.2) | 13.9 | (1.6) | 3.0 | (0.8) |
| British Columbia | 540 | (6.0) | 1.4 | (0.7) | 8.1 | (1.5) | 18.2 | (1.9) | 28.2 | (2.2) | 28.2 | (2.3) | 12.7 | (1.8) | 3.2 | (0.7) |
Sources: Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, 2016, Measuring Up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study: The Performance of Canada's Youth in Science, Reading and Mathematics, 2015 First Results for Canadians Aged 15. OECD (2016), PISA 2015 Results: Excellence and Equity in Education (Volume 1). |
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