Finnish First by Linda Tavares

PISA Scores PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) is an international study which began in the year 2000. It aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in participating countries/economies. Since the year 2000 over 70 countries and economies have participated in PISA. PISA 2003 key results The main results of PISA 2000 have been presented in Learning for Tomorrows World: First Results from PISA 2003 and a wider array of information and publications regarding PISA 2003 are available on the OECD PISA 2003 pages. For the purposes of this website, only a few key results from the OECD publications will be presented here.

The mean score for each country in Mathematical Literacy for PISA 2003. Data retrieved online from The Centre for Educational Assessment, University of Helskinki. http://www.pisa2006.helsinki.fi/oecd_pisa/results/ PISA_2003_key_results.htm For more information on Finnish Education and students success rates on PISA, visit the following website entitled The Finnish Education System and PISA. Here you will find information such as: Key features of the Finnish Education System, Finnish students' recurrent success in PISA, and how to explain Finnish Students' good performance.		The mean score for each country in Reading for PISA 2003. The mean score for each country for Scientific Literacy on PISA 2003.