PISA Summary - Australia
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The 2018 PISA test results indicate geographic differences in reading literacy, with private schools performing better than government schools, though socioeconomic backgrounds equalize scores. China’s participation is controversial as it is based on data from only four chosen provinces, potentially inflating its performance statistics. Overall, Australia ranks 29th out of 79 OECD countries, with a noticeable downward trend across reading, mathematics, and science literacy.
PISA Summary - Australia
- 1. PISA Summary - AEU 2019, December 3rd, results of the 2018 PISA Test released
- 3. Reading literacy small upward trend
- 5. Differences between sector: Scores are highest for Catholic schools, then independent, then Government, but….
- 6. When socioeconomic background is controlled for, there is no difference:
- 7. The trend for Gov. schools is that we serve low performing students best
- 8. Geographical inequity remains a problem also:
- 9. Inequity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous remains:
- 10. Only minor differences between student background:
- 11. The major controversy of this testing cycle China’s data is drawn form only four provinces, which have been chosen by their government, these areas happen to be English speaking areas (which almost certainly would effect the effect scores. As a comparison, this would be similar to Australia choosing only Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and therefore seeing their test scores jump significantly. This means that China has improved across all three domains in a way that is statistically incredible. This also greatly impacts the ‘OECD Average’, which is the middle line that is often used to establish that we are ‘falling behind’, so keep that in mind.
- 13. Overall • Are bad overall Reading holds steady Mathematics declines Science literacy Significantly better countries than us: • 10 above reading • 23 in maths • 12 in Science Overall Australia ranks 29/79th among OECD countries (broadly speaking, developed, well-off nations).
- 15. The trend continues downward