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Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015: Highlights from Scotland's results
Report covering Scotland's performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015, covering maths reading and science.
Table A.6: Mean scores in science content categories: OECD and UK administrations
| Physical systems | Living systems | Earth and Space | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | |
| Australia | 507 | (1.7) | 509 | (1.8) | 504 | (2.1) |
| Austria | 497 | (2.7) | 495 | (2.6) | 491 | (2.8) |
| Belgium | 497 | (2.3) | 503 | (2.3) | 496 | (2.5) |
| Canada | 525 | (2.3) | 528 | (2.4) | 525 | (2.4) |
| Chile | 442 | (2.9) | 452 | (2.7) | 443 | (2.4) |
| Czech Republic | 493 | (2.5) | 488 | (2.3) | 488 | (2.5) |
| Denmark | 506 | (2.7) | 494 | (2.6) | 496 | (2.6) |
| Estonia | 536 | (2.3) | 537 | (2.1) | 534 | (2.2) |
| Finland | 533 | (2.5) | 522 | (2.5) | 529 | (2.9) |
| France | 490 | (2.3) | 497 | (2.3) | 492 | (2.5) |
| Germany | 505 | (2.7) | 510 | (2.8) | 507 | (2.8) |
| Greece | 450 | (4.0) | 457 | (4.0) | 448 | (4.2) |
| Hungary | 481 | (2.8) | 474 | (2.6) | 477 | (2.8) |
| Iceland | 470 | (1.8) | 478 | (2.0) | 465 | (1.9) |
| Ireland | 500 | (2.7) | 505 | (2.5) | 502 | (2.5) |
| Israel | 470 | (3.7) | 476 | (3.5) | 448 | (3.6) |
| Italy | 479 | (2.8) | 484 | (2.7) | 477 | (2.7) |
| Japan | 534 | (3.2) | 537 | (3.0) | 537 | (3.3) |
| Korea | 511 | (3.6) | 507 | (3.0) | 517 | (3.2) |
| Latvia | 488 | (1.7) | 491 | (1.7) | 483 | (1.8) |
| Luxembourg | 477 | (1.3) | 486 | (1.2) | 476 | (1.6) |
| Mexico | 411 | (2.2) | 415 | (2.3) | 417 | (2.4) |
| Netherlands | 511 | (2.6) | 501 | (2.4) | 505 | (2.8) |
| New Zealand | 513 | (2.7) | 513 | (2.8) | 505 | (2.6) |
| Norway | 500 | (2.5) | 495 | (2.5) | 498 | (2.6) |
| Poland | 503 | (2.6) | 502 | (2.8) | 496 | (2.8) |
| Portugal | 494 | (2.7) | 505 | (2.5) | 498 | (2.9) |
| Slovak Republic | 464 | (2.8) | 458 | (2.8) | 454 | (2.7) |
| Slovenia | 512 | (1.5) | 514 | (1.6) | 509 | (1.8) |
| Spain | 488 | (2.3) | 498 | (2.3) | 492 | (2.3) |
| Sweden | 496 | (3.8) | 489 | (3.6) | 494 | (4.0) |
| Switzerland | 504 | (3.1) | 507 | (3.2) | 502 | (3.1) |
| Turkey | 432 | (4.3) | 426 | (3.8) | 419 | (4.1) |
| United Kingdom | 507 | (2.9) | 516 | (2.5) | 507 | (2.7) |
| United States | 494 | (3.5) | 498 | (3.4) | 496 | (3.4) |
| Scotland | 495 | (2.4) | 500 | (2.5) | 492 | (2.5) |
| Northern Ireland | 500 | (3.4) | 505 | (3.4) | 495 | (3.5) |
| Wales | 485 | (3.3) | 489 | (3.2) | 483 | (3.1) |
| England | 510 | (3.4) | 519 | (3.0) | 510 | (3.2) |
| OECD average | 492 | (0.5) | 493 | (0.5) | 489 | (0.5) |
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