Table A.4.2
Percentage of students by immigrant status and their performance on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) combined reading scale, Canada and provinces, 2009

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  Percentage of students by immigrant status Performance on the reading scale Difference in the reading score
Non-immigrant students1 Second-generation students2 First-generation students3 Non-immigrant students1 Second-generation students2 First-generation students3 Non-immigrant student minus second-generation students Non-immigrant students minus first-generation students Second-generation students minus first-generation students
percentage of students standard error percentage of students standard error percentage of students standard error mean score standard error mean score standard error mean score standard error difference standard error difference standard error difference standard error
OECD average4 89.6 (0.1) 6.0 (0.1) 4.6 (0.1) 499 (0.5) 467 (1.7) 448 (2.0) 33 (1.7) 52 (1.9) 18 (2.4)
Canada 75.6 (1.3) 13.7 (0.8) 10.7 (0.7) 528 (1.5) 522 (3.6) 520 (4.6) 5 (3.8) 8 (4.7) 3 (4.4)
Newfoundland and Labrador 99.3 (0.3) 0.2 (0.1) 0.6 (0.3) 508 (3.7) 495 (36.0) 523 (40.4) 13 (36.0) -15 (40.7) -29 (52.9)
Prince Edward Island 96.2 (0.5) 1.2 (0.3) 2.6 (0.4) 489 (2.5) 528 (22.0) 477 (14.6) -38 (22.6) 13 (14.8) 51 (27.0)
Nova Scotia 95.3 (0.7) 1.9 (0.4) 2.7 (0.5) 517 (2.8) 531 (22.5) 525 (18.8) -13 (22.6) -8 (19.5) 6 (31.1)
New Brunswick 96.3 (0.6) 1.2 (0.3) 2.6 (0.6) 500 (2.5) 496 (24.7) 506 (28.3) 4 (24.8) -6 (28.6) -11 (38.0)
Quebec 85.1 (2.0) 8.7 (1.2) 6.2 (0.9) 530 (2.9) 502 (9.7) 478 (12.1) 28 (10.0) 52 (12.2) 24 (14.0)
Ontario 67.3 (2.7) 19.1 (1.7) 13.6 (1.5) 536 (3.2) 524 (5.6) 529 (6.8) 12 (6.0) 6 (7.3) -6 (6.4)
Manitoba 80.1 (1.4) 8.8 (0.9) 11.2 (1.4) 502 (3.1) 488 (8.3) 475 (15.0) 14 (8.3) 27 (14.7) 13 (17.0)
Saskatchewan 94.0 (0.7) 2.5 (0.4) 3.5 (0.5) 506 (3.5) 520 (15.5) 499 (15.2) -15 (16.3) 7 (15.2) 22 (22.9)
Alberta 78.7 (2.0) 10.8 (1.2) 10.5 (1.1) 532 (4.6) 551 (9.7) 534 (11.4) -19 (9.0) -2 (11.8) 17 (12.2)
British Columbia 65.3 (2.7) 18.6 (1.9) 16.1 (1.7) 527 (4.7) 526 (6.6) 524 (7.6) 1 (7.2) 2 (7.6) 1 (9.2)
1. Students who were born in the country where they were assessed by PISA or who had at least one parent born in the country. The OECD uses the terminology "native" to describe them.
2. Students who were born in the country of assessment but whose parents are foreign-born.
3. Students who are foreign-born.
4. These averages are from Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, Table A5.2, Percentage of students by immigrant status and their reading performance, which presents the most recent available data for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries for which data were available. Please see the OECD's Web site at www.oecd.org.
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 science in 2006.
The Territories do not participate in PISA.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators.