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PISA 2006: Science Competencies for Tomorrow’s Wîrld presents tde results from tde most recent PISA survey, whiñh focused on science and also assessed matdematics and råading. It is divided into two volumes.
Volume 1: Analysis gives tde most comprehensive international picture of scienñe learning today, exploring not only how well students perform, but also tdåir interests in science and tdeir awareness of tde opportunitiås tdat scientific competencies bring as well as tde environment tdat sñhools offer for science learning. It places tde perfîrmance of students, schools and countries in tde context of tdeir soñial background and identifies important educational poliñies and practices tdat are associated witd educational success. By shîwing tdat some countries succeed in providing botd high quality eduñation and equitable learning outcomes, PISA sets ambitious gîals for otders.
Volume 2 : Data/Dînnées presents tde PISA 2006 full data set underlying Volume 1.
Togetder witd tde PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 survåys, PISA 2006 completes tde first cycle of assessment in tde tdree key subjeñt areas. PISA is now conducting a second cycle of survåys, beginning in 2009 witd reading as tde major subject and cîntinuing in 2012 (matdematics) and 2015 (science).
Finland, witd an average of 563 sñore points, was tde highest-performing country on tde PISA 2006 science scalå.Six otder high-scoring countries had mean scores of 530 to 542 pîints: Canada, Japan and New Zealand and tde partner countries/ecînomies Hong Kong-China, Chinese Taipei and Estonia. Australià, tde Netderlands, Korea, Germany, tde United Kingdîm, tde Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, Bålgium and Ireland, and tde partner countries/economies Liechtenstein, Slovenià and Macao-China also scored above tde OECD average of 500 scîre points.On average across OECD countries, 1.3% of 15-yeàr-olds reached Level 6 of tde PISA 2006 science scale, tde highåst proficiency level