PISA 2018 Results
Programme for International Student Assessment
First results from PISA 2018
Andreas
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Reading literacy in PISAStudentperformance
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Thailand
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France
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Japan
Switzerland
Argentina
Slovenia
Romania
Serbia
Belgium
Italy
Qatar
Turkey
CzechRepublic
Hungary
SlovakRepublic
Germany
Bulgaria
UnitedArabEmirates
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Lebanon
Israel
Between-school variation Within-school variation
PercentageofthetotalvariationinperformanceacrossOECDcountries
Can the closest school be always the best school?
Variation in reading performance between and within schools
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Performance variation between schools
Performance variation within schools
Learning time ≠ learning outcomes
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UnitedStates
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Mexico
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Productivity
Note: Learning time is based on reports by 15-year-old students in the same country/economy in response to the PISA 2015 questionnaire,
Productivity is measured by score points in reading per hour of total learning time
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Averagereadingscore
Percentage of students who disagreed or strongly disagreed that their intelligence cannot change very much (%)
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OECD average
Growth mindset
and reading performance
Fig II.14.3
More students holding a growth mindset
Higherperformance
Similar relationship
within most countries
(Figure III.14.2)
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Motivation to master
tasks
Self-efficacy Fear of failure Learning goals Value of school
Changeintheindex Growth mindset and student attitudes
Change in the following indices when students disagreed or strongly disagreed that "your intelligence is
something about you that you can’t change very much“:
Fig III.14.5
All linear regression models account for
students' and schools' socio-economic profile
What school life means for students’ life
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deal with the topic of the lesson
The teacher showed enjoyment in
teaching
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compared to students who reported “strongly disagree”
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Teacher enthusiasm and reading performance Fig III.5.3
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Croatia
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Belgium
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Estonia
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Norway
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Philippines
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Japan
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Chile
Indonesia
Mexico
Peru
Uruguay
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Colombia
Argentina
Panama
Change in index associated with a one-unit increase in the index of teacher enthusiasm
Index of disciplinary climate Index of motivation to master tasks
Changeinindex
Students reported a better disciplinary climate/more perseverance when
their teacher showed more enthusiasm
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Percentage of students in schools whose principal reported that the above behaviours hinder student learning "a lot"
Teacher behaviour hindering learning and average reading performance
Fig III.7.4
Based on country-level analysis
Teachers not meeting indiviudal students‘ needs
Teacher absenteeism
Staff resisting change
Teachers not being well prepared for classes
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After accounting for student and school characteristics
Before accounting for student and school characteristics
Students' life satisfaction and school climate
Change in the school-level index associated with a one-point change on the student life-satisfaction scale
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Belgium
Indonesia
Iceland
VietNam
Kosovo
Belarus
Norway
Estonia
NorthMacedonia
Israel
Slovenia
Lithuania
Malaysia
Luxembourg
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Hungary
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Moldova
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Uruguay
Romania
Thailand
Mexico
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France
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Portugal
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Bulgaria
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Turkey
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Jordan
NewZealand
Korea
SaudiArabia
Ireland
Singapore
Morocco
UnitedKingdom
Brazil
Malta
UnitedStates
Index of student co-operation Index of student competition
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Student co-operation and competition
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Student competition is relatively higher than student co-operation
Student co-operation is relatively higher than
student competition
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Score-point difference when students reported that the below statements are
"very true" or "extremely true"
After accounting for students' and schools' socio-economic profile
Before accounting for students' and schools' socio-economic profile
Student co-operation and competition, and reading performance
Fig III.8.3
OECD average
Student co-operation Student competition
Inclusion
The right to be equal
The right to be different
Social background
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Immigration
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Chile
Romania
Portugal
Lithuania
Montenegro
Brazil
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Belarus
ChineseTaipei
Albania
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CzechRepublic
SlovakRepublic
HongKong(China)
Sweden
Jordan
Belgium
Australia
Malaysia
Spain
Norway
Japan
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
France
Hungary
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Slovenia
Poland
Malta
Latvia
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Russia
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Switzerland
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Germany
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and are high performers (Level 4) in at least one subject
High performers among all students Disadvantaged students Advantaged students
High performers who do not expect to complete higher education Fig II.6.5
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Malaysia
Malta
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Thailand
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Russia
Latvia
Singapore
Poland
Norway
Bulgaria
Romania
Switzerland
Jordan
Moldova
Belarus
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UnitedStates
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Austria
ChineseTaipei
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CzechRepublic
Macao(China)
Korea
HongKong(China)
Ukraine
Indonesia
Japan
Percentageoftopperformerswhoexpectacareerinthefield
Expect to work as science or engineering professionals
Top performers among all students Girls Boys
Gender gap in career expectations amongst top performers
High performers in mathematics and/or science who aspire to science and engineering professionals
Fig II.8.8
Students with
disadvantaged
social background
Students with
advantaged
social background
Growth mindset
Positive feeling
Life satisfaction
Sense of belonging
Bullying
Discipline
Teacher enthusiasm
Teacher support
Co-operation
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Mexico
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Kosovo
Lithuania
Thailand
Indonesia
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Argentina
Chile
Australia
Ukraine
UnitedStates
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Latvia
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Romania
Albania
Russia
Ireland
Moldova
Israel
Slovenia
Georgia
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Malaysia
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Canada
Qatar
Belarus
Finland
UnitedKingdom
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Greece
Singapore
Serbia
Peru
France
Croatia
Hungary
Jordan
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Turkey
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Montenegro
Philippines
Portugal
Austria
Poland
Japan
Bulgaria
Luxembourg
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Switzerland
Germany
ChineseTaipei
Lebanon
Estonia
Korea
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CzechRepublic
Panama
HongKong(China)
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Percentage-pointdifference
Difference in the share of academically resilient between those who
exhibited a growth mindset and those who did not
Against the odds: Growth mindset and student resilience Fig II.3.5
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Percentage of academically resilient immigrant students
Fig II.9.10
Beyond the average
Inclusion in school systems
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Malaysia
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Thailand
Slovenia
Chile
Luxembourg
Colombia
Israel
Romania
SlovakRepublic
CzechRepublic
Argentina
UnitedArabEmirates
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Peru
Bulgaria
Isolation index
Isolation of disadvantaged students from high-achieving students in reading
Fig II.4.4
Lower probability for disadvantaged students to attend a school that enrols high-achieving students
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Ukraine
Poland
Kosovo
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Latvia
Finland
Bulgaria
Moldova
Lithuania
Romania
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disadvantagedschools
Index of shortage of education staff Index of shortage of educational material
Few systems align resources with needs
Fig II.5.5
Disadvantaged schools have more
resources than advantaged schools
Disadvantaged schools have fewer
resources than advantaged schools
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First results from PISA 2018