December 3, 2013

PISA science scores by race

From the federal National Center for Education Statistics, here are 2012 Science Literacy PISA scores for 15-year-olds, breaking out Americans by race:

OECD average              501
Shanghai-China            580
Hong Kong-China           555
Singapore                 551
Japan                     547
Asian Americans 546
Finland                   545
Estonia                   541
Korea, Republic of        538
White Americans 528
Vietnam                   528
Massachusetts All Races  527
Poland                    526
Canada                    525
Liechtenstein             525
Germany                   524
Chinese Taipei            523
Netherlands               522
Ireland                   522
Connecticut All Races 521
Australia                 521
Macao-China               521
New Zealand               516
Switzerland               515
Slovenia                  514
United Kingdom            514
Multiracial Americans 511
Czech Republic            508
Austria                   506
Belgium                   505
Latvia                    502
France                    499
Denmark                   498
United States             497
Spain                     496
Lithuania                 496
Norway                    495
Hungary                   494
Italy                     494
Croatia                   491
Luxembourg                491
Portugal                  489
Russian Federation        486
Florida All Races 485
Sweden                    485
Iceland                   478
Slovak Republic           471
Israel                    470
Greece                    467
Turkey                    463
Hispanic Americans 462
United Arab Emirates      448
Bulgaria                  446
Chile                     445
Serbia, Republic of       445
Thailand                  444
African Americans 439
Romania                   439
Cyprus                    438
Costa Rica                429
Kazakhstan                425
Malaysia                  420
Uruguay                   416
Mexico                    415
Montenegro, Republic of   410
Jordan                    409
Argentina                 406
Brazil                    405
Colombia                  399
Tunisia                   398
Albania                   397
Qatar                     384
Indonesia                 382
Peru                      373

Asian Americans did about average for wealthy Northeast Asians, white Americans beat all traditionally white countries except Finland and Estonia, Latino Americans beat all Latin American countries, and African Americans likely would have beaten all majority black countries by a comfortable margin.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

South Carolina wassup!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crdao-yNAIA

josh said...

Does this essentially mean that white Americans did about the same as white euros?

Mount Shasta Inquirer said...

Good luck getting the main stream media to look at this. Anderson Cooper had a long segment o PISA scores and the general state of US STEM education, without mentioning recial breakouts.

James O'Meara said...

"white Americans beat all traditionally white countries except Finland and Estonia"

See, diversity is our strength!