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So What?
1) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) tested 15 year-olds in several countries in math,
science, and reading as part of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). This chart sums the average scale
score of the three tests.
2) 'Cumulative educational spending per student between age 6 and 15' is the amount the country spends on education for
each student from age 6 to 15 converted into the equivalent US$.
3) Finland has the highest test scores with spending of about US$54,000.
4) The US spends the highest per student at about US$80,000 and achieves test scores similar to the Slovak Republic,
Hungary, and Norway, who spend about US$23,000, US$26,000, and US$73,000.
5) Mexico spends the least on education at about US$15,000 and gets the lowest scores.
6) Countries that spend between about US$40,000 and US$65,000 appear to get the highest scores. Above US$65,000 scores
drop with increasing spending.
7) This chart tells us nothing about how equivalent the tests are when given in the varying languages, nor how consistently the
tests were given in different locations.
1) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) tested 15 year-olds in several countries in math,
science, and reading as part of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). This chart sums the average scale
score of the three tests.
2) 'Cumulative educational spending per student between age 6 and 15' is the amount the country spends on education for
each student from age 6 to 15 converted into the equivalent US$.
3) Finland has the highest test scores with spending of about US$54,000.
4) The US spends the highest per student at about US$80,000 and achieves test scores similar to the Slovak Republic,
Hungary, and Norway, who spend about US$23,000, US$26,000, and US$73,000.
5) Mexico spends the least on education at about US$15,000 and gets the lowest scores.
6) Countries that spend between about US$40,000 and US$65,000 appear to get the highest scores. Above US$65,000 scores
drop with increasing spending.
7) This chart tells us nothing about how equivalent the tests are when given in the varying languages, nor how consistently the
tests were given in different locations.
PISA Test Scores vs. Cumulative Education Spending by Country
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