Table C.4.5
Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students, science, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Canada and provinces, 2006, 2009 and 2012

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Table C.4.5
Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students, science, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Canada and provinces, 2006, 2009 and 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students. The information is grouped by Canada and provinces (appearing as row headers), PISA 2006, PISA 2009 and PISA 2012, calculated using estimated average score, standard error, 95% confidence interval and estimated
average
score units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Canada and provinces PISA 2006 PISA 2009 PISA 2012
estimated average score standard error 95% confidence interval estimated average score standard error 95% confidence interval estimated
average
score		 standard error 95% confidence interval
Canada 534 (2.0) 530.1 to 538.0 529 (3.0) 523.1 to 534.9 525 (4.0)Note * 517.1 to 532.9
Newfoundland and Labrador 526 (2.5) 521.1 to 530.9 518 (4.0) 510.1 to 525.9 514 (5.0)Note * 504.1 to 523.9
Prince Edward Island 509 (2.7) 503.7 to 514.3 495 (3.5)Note * 488.1 to 501.9 490 (4.4)Note * 481.3 to 498.7
Nova Scotia 520 (2.5) 515.1 to 524.9 523 (3.7) 515.7 to 530.3 516 (4.6) 506.9 to 525.1
New Brunswick 506 (2.3) 501.5 to 510.5 501 (3.5) 494.1 to 507.9 507 (4.4) 498.3 to 515.7
Quebec 531 (4.2) 522.8 to 539.2 524 (4.1) 516.0 to 532.0 516 (4.8)Note * 506.5 to 525.5
Ontario 537 (4.2) 528.8 to 545.2 531 (4.2) 522.7 to 539.3 527 (5.6) 516.0 to 538.0
Manitoba 523 (3.2) 516.7 to 529.3 506 (4.7)Note * 496.7 to 515.3 503 (4.8)Note * 493.5 to 512.5
Saskatchewan 517 (3.6) 509.9 to 524.1 513 (4.5) 504.1 to 521.9 516 (4.6) 506.9 to 525.1
Alberta 550 (3.8) 542.6 to 557.4 545 (5.0) 535.1 to 554.9 539 (5.8) 527.6 to 550.4
British Columbia 539 (4.7) 529.8 to 548.2 535 (4.8) 525.5 to 544.5 544 (5.3) 533.6 to 554.4
Note *

Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) compared to PISA 2006.

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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.
Performance differences should be interpreted with caution. It is not possible to determine the extent to which observed differences are indicative of longer-term changes.
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.
The linkage error is incorporated into the standard error for 2006, 2009, and 2012. Thus standard errors presented in this table differ from those presented in tables that only contain one year of data.
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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