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Appendix A: PISA 2006 sampling procedures and response rates

The accuracy of PISA survey results depends on the quality of the information on which the sample is based as well as the sampling procedures. The PISA 2006 sample for Canada was based on a two-stage stratified sample. The first stage consisted of sampling individual schools in which 15-year-old students were enrolled. Schools were sampled systematically with probabilities proportional to size, the measure of size being a function of the estimated number of eligible (15-year-old) students enrolled. While a minimum of 150 schools were required to be selected in each country, in Canada, a much larger sample of schools was selected in order to produce reliable estimates for each province and for each of the language systems in the five provinces where these populations were separately sampled (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba). [Go to full content of Appendix A]

Appendix B: Tables

The enclosed tables are based on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Programme for International Student Assessment, 2006. [Go to full content of Appendix B]