Table 18.2
Estimated average scores for minority and majority language school systems and differences for Combined Reading and reading subscales, Canada and selected provinces, 2009
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| Minority-language school system (English in Quebec, French elsewhere) | Majority-language school system (French in Quebec, English elsewhere) | Difference between the Minority-language and Majority-language school systems | Difference between Minority-language school systems and the OECD average | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| average | standard error | average | standard error | difference | standard error | difference | |
| Combined reading | |||||||
| Canada1 | 498 | (2.32) | 526 | (1.57) | -28* | (2.90)* | 5* |
| Nova Scotia | 479 | (8.5) | 517 | (2.7) | -38* | (9.0)* | -14 |
| New Brunswick | 469 | (3.3) | 511 | (3.1) | -41* | (4.8)* | -24* |
| Quebec | 520 | (4.1) | 522 | (3.5) | -2 | (5.4) | 27* |
| Ontario | 475 | (2.4) | 533 | (3.1) | -58* | (3.9)* | -18* |
| Manitoba | 487 | (9.2) | 496 | (3.6) | -8 | (10.0) | -6 |
| Alberta | 475 | (7.0) | 533 | (4.6) | -58* | (8.5)* | -18* |
| British Columbia | 475 | (9.1) | 525 | (4.2) | -49* | (9.9)* | -18 |
| Accessing and retrieving | |||||||
| Canada1 | 490 | (2.35) | 518 | (1.65) | -28* | (3.10)* | -5 |
| Nova Scotia | 474 | (8.4) | 507 | (3.4) | -32* | (9.1)* | -21 |
| New Brunswick | 463 | (3.3) | 497 | (4.1) | -34* | (5.4)* | -32* |
| Quebec | 513 | (4.3) | 515 | (4.0) | -2 | (5.8) | 18* |
| Ontario | 465 | (2.9) | 525 | (3.2) | -61* | (4.3)* | -30* |
| Manitoba | 485 | (9.1) | 497 | (3.9) | -12 | (10.1) | -10 |
| Alberta | 456 | (11.3) | 523 | (4.5) | -66* | (12.2)* | -39* |
| British Columbia | 465 | (9.0) | 516 | (4.5) | -51* | (10.2)* | -30* |
| Integrating and interpreting | |||||||
| Canada | 495 | (2.11) | 524 | (1.62) | -29* | (2.82)* | 2 |
| Nova Scotia | 470 | (8.4) | 516 | (2.9) | -45* | (8.8)* | -23* |
| New Brunswick | 468 | (3.0) | 512 | (3.4) | -45* | (4.8)* | -25* |
| Quebec | 517 | (3.7) | 522 | (3.7) | -5 | (5.3) | 24* |
| Ontario | 471 | (2.6) | 530 | (3.1) | -59* | (4.0)* | -22* |
| Manitoba | 486 | (8.4) | 493 | (4.1) | -7 | (9.3) | -7 |
| Alberta | 476 | (6.8) | 532 | (4.8) | -56* | (8.5)* | -17* |
| British Columbia | 469 | (8.9) | 522 | (4.7) | -53* | (10.3)* | -24* |
| Reflecting and evaluating | |||||||
| Canada1 | 509 | (2.25) | 537 | (1.73) | -28* | (2.86)* | 15* |
| Nova Scotia | 491 | (8.0) | 527 | (3.0) | -37* | (8.6)* | -3 |
| New Brunswick | 476 | (2.8) | 517 | (3.0) | -41* | (4.2)* | -18* |
| Quebec | 527 | (4.0) | 525 | (3.7) | 3 | (5.4) | 33* |
| Ontario | 493 | (2.4) | 548 | (3.3) | -55* | (4.1)* | -1 |
| Manitoba | 499 | (10.1) | 504 | (4.1) | -5 | (10.8) | 5 |
| Alberta | 492 | (6.8) | 546 | (4.4) | -54* | (8.1)* | -2 |
| British Columbia | 497 | (11.6) | 536 | (4.2) | -39* | (12.3)* | 3 |
| Continuous texts | |||||||
| Canada1 | 496 | (2.23) | 526 | (1.60) | -30* | (2.83)* | 2 |
| Nova Scotia | 471 | (8.8) | 517 | (2.9) | -47* | (9.4)* | -23* |
| New Brunswick | 467 | (2.9) | 513 | (3.2) | -46* | (4.5)* | -27* |
| Quebec | 519 | (3.9) | 519 | (3.6) | 0 | (5.3) | 25* |
| Ontario | 471 | (2.6) | 534 | (3.2) | -63* | (3.9)* | -23* |
| Manitoba | 485 | (9.0) | 497 | (4.1) | -12 | (10.1) | -9 |
| Alberta | 472 | (7.4) | 534 | (4.8) | -61* | (8.9)* | -22* |
| British Columbia | 470 | (10.5) | 524 | (4.5) | -54* | (11.4)* | -24* |
| Non-continuous texts | |||||||
| Canada1 | 502 | (2.30) | 529 | (1.73) | -27* | (3.12)* | 9* |
| Nova Scotia | 499 | (10.1) | 519 | (2.9) | -20* | (10.5)* | 6 |
| New Brunswick | 469 | (2.8) | 502 | (3.2) | -33* | (4.4)* | -24* |
| Quebec | 520 | (4.1) | 523 | (3.9) | -3 | (5.7) | 27* |
| Ontario | 487 | (2.9) | 536 | (3.4) | -49* | (4.4)* | -6 |
| Manitoba | 494 | (8.5) | 498 | (3.6) | -3 | (9.4) | 1 |
| Alberta | 480 | (6.9) | 539 | (4.7) | -59* | (8.5)* | -13 |
| British Columbia | 490 | (11.0) | 531 | (4.0) | -41* | (11.5)* | -3 |
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0 true zero or a value rounded to zero * indicates a significant difference between minority and majority populations at the Canada level or within the same province 1. Includes all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador. Source: Programme for International Student Assessment, 2009, OECD. |
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