OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Australia
Publication Date
12-3-2019
Subjects
International comparisons, Academic achievement, Literacy education, Numeracy, Scientific literacy, Reading achievement, Large scale assessment, Secondary school students
Abstract
This document provides a summary of student performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 assessment and tells us about their capacities to apply knowledge and skills in the domains of reading, mathematical, and scientific literacy. In 2018, 79 countries and economies including Australia participated in PISA. The focus of this report is Australia’s performance results in an international context. It covers Australia’s performance over time, results for the Australian states and territories, school sectors, female and male students, the geographic location of schools, socioeconomic background, Indigenous background, immigrant background and language spoken at home.
Recommended Citation
Thomson, S., De Bortoli, L., Underwood, C., & Schmid, M. (2019). PISA 2018 in Brief I. Student performance. Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). https://research.acer.edu.au/ozpisa/34
Copyright Statement
Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2019
Place of Publication
Camberwell, Australia
Publisher
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
ISBN
978-1-74286-566-9
Geographic Subject
Australia
Included in
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, International and Comparative Education Commons, Secondary Education Commons
Comments
This report was revised on 12 December 2019. The revision involved minor textual changes on pages 8, 9, 10 and 13.
The full report is available at: PISA 2018: Reporting Australia's results. Volume I Student performance.