Raw scores for PISA 2009 Reading, 15 year-olds

My friend Kelly Amis compiled this data on 2009 PISA reading scores for 15 year-olds worldwide, most interestingly including a demographic breakdown of U.S. students.  U.S. Asian girls beat every country, which U.S. black males are the lowest scoring of any country...  She posted a short video of these results at www.vimeo.com/20479782 and here's the data:

 

Raw scores for PISA 2009 Reading, 15 year-olds

 

UNITED STATES- Asian girls, 559

Shanghai, China 556

United States- All Asian, 541

Korea, 539

United States- White girls, 537

Finland, 536

United States- All White, 525

Canada, 524

New Zealand, 521

United States- Asian boys, 521

Japan, 520

Australia, 515

UNITED STATES- White boys, 514

UNITED STATES- All Girls 513

Netherlands, 508

Belgium, 506

Norway, 503

Estonia, 501

Switzerland, 501

Poland, 500

Iceland, 500

UNITED STATES, 500

Sweden, 497

Germany, 497

Ireland, 496

France, 496

Denmark, 495

United Kingdom, 494

Hungary, 494

OECD AVERAGE SCORE 493

UNITED STATES- All Boys 488

Portugal, 486

Italy, 486

Slovenia, 483

Greece, 483

Spain, 481

Czech Republic, 478

Slovak Republic, 477

United States- Hispanic Girls, 476

Israel, 474

Luxembourg, 472

Austria, 470

United States- All Hispanic, 466

United States- Black Girls, 465

Turkey, 464

United States- Hispanic Boys, 456

Chile, 449

United States- All Black, 441

Mexico, 425

United States- Black boys 417

 

Source: National Center for Education Statistics