Comparative Data for Top Performing Countries

Performance on PISA 2009

Distribution of scores for PISA 2009 reading

Distribution of scores for PISA 2009 math

Distribution of scores for PISA 2009 science

Education for All

Percent of students with first or second generation immigrant status

Percent of variance in student performance explained by socio-economic status

Variation of reading performance between schools explained by students’ socioecomonic status

Varation of reading performance between schools explained by schools’ socioecomonic status

Educational Spending

Percent of GDP spent on primary, secondary, and non-tertiary education

Annual expenditure by educational institutions per student for all services

Ratio of teacher salary to GDP per capita, (from OECD 2008)

Education System Structures at a Glance

Australia

Canada

Shanghai-China

Finland

Hong Kong

Japan

Korea

Netherlands

New Zealand

Singapore

United States


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