Table 19.2
Estimated average scores and minority-majority language school system differences for Mathematics and Science, 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 | |
| Mathematics | |||||||
| Canada1 | 516 | (2.5) | 528 | (1.7) | -11* | (3.1)* | 20* |
| Nova Scotia | 505 | (7.2) | 512 | (2.3) | -8 | -7.8 | 9 |
| New Brunswick | 494 | (3.1) | 508 | (3.2) | -14* | (5.0)* | -2 |
| Quebec | 533 | (4.3) | 544 | (3.8) | -11* | (5.6)* | 37* |
| Ontario | 500 | (2.3) | 527 | (3.3) | -27* | (3.8)* | 4 |
| Manitoba | 508 | (7.6) | 501 | (3.7) | 6 | -8.6 | 12 |
| Alberta | 490 | (7.1) | 529 | (4.4) | -39* | (8.3)* | -6 |
| British Columbia | 483 | (11.1) | 524 | (4.6) | -41* | (12.0)* | -13 |
| Science | |||||||
| Canada1 | 502 | (2.3) | 530 | (1.7) | -28* | (3.0)* | 1 |
| Nova Scotia | 490 | (10.2) | 524 | (2.8) | -34* | (10.8)* | -11 |
| New Brunswick | 473 | (2.9) | 512 | (3.2) | -40* | (4.8)* | -28* |
| Quebec | 521 | (3.8) | 525 | (3.6) | -4 | -5.3 | 20* |
| Ontario | 484 | (2.3) | 533 | (3.4) | -49* | (4.1)* | -17* |
| Manitoba | 498 | (6.1) | 506 | (4.0) | -8 | -7.5 | -3 |
| Alberta | 481 | (7.8) | 545 | (4.3) | -64* | (8.9)* | -20* |
| British Columbia | 482 | (8.7) | 535 | (4.1) | -53* | (9.7)* | -19* |
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* 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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