East Asia & Pacific CHINA PISA 2015 SCORES TAKEAWAYS OVER TIME  In the past Shanghai has been the sole representative of mainland China in PISA and has demonstrated exemplary performance. SCIENCE READING MATHEMATICS  In 2015, four provinces/cities participated: Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Guangdong.  The four provinces as a combination perform 0.8 years ahead of the OECD average in Science, 1.3 years ahead of the OECD average in Mathematics and 0.1 years behind 2009 the OECD average in Reading. 575 556 600 Shanghai  About 80% of students have reached basic proficiency or above (i.e., 84% for Science, 78% for Reading and 84% for Math) – meeting the OECD average for Reading and exceeding it for Mathematics and Science. 2012 580 570 613  The difference between students in the top and bottom Shanghai socio-economic quintile in Science equals 4.4 years of schooling. In comparison, in the OECD average this 2015 difference is 3.1 years of schooling. Beijing-  The difference between urban and rural students in Science Shanghai- 518 494 531 is equivalent to 2.4 years of schooling. Jiansu-  In Science, students with Early Childhood Development Guangdong (ECD) perform 2.5 years ahead of those with no ECD.  POLICY ACTION: Address the disparities in access and quality of public education by making the intergovernmental SCIENCE fiscal systems more progressive.  POLICY ACTION: Equalize education opportunities for the TRENDS poor, including for early childhood education, and 600 implement a quality assurance system.  POLICY ACTION: Provide stronger incentives for local government to focus on service delivery, beyond the current Shanghai dominant focus on investments and growth. (China) 550 B-S-J-G PISA Science Score (China) WB EDUCATION EAP 500 ENGAGEMENT OECD FINANCING:  Yunnan Early Childhood Education Innovation Project 450  Guangdong Compulsory Education Project  Technical and Vocational Education Projects in Yunnan, Xinjiang and Gansu 400 ANALYTICAL: 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015  Programmatic ASA Promoting Inclusive and Quality Education in China Note: In 2015, the OECD introduced several improvements to SABER: the design, administration, and scaling of PISA. For the most  4 SABER instruments available in “How Shanghai Does it”: part, these changes did not affect the comparability of the Teachers, Student Assessment, School Autonomy and 2015 results with those for previous assessments. For further Accountability, and School Finance. information and implications for analyses of PISA data, please  SABER-ECD Country Report completed under consult the PISA 2015 international report. Programmatic ASA. Source: OECD, 2016. PISA 2015 Results (Volume 1):  SABER-Workforce development: Xinjiang province. Excellence and Equity in Education. Paris: OECD. PISA 2015 East Asia & Pacific STUDENT EQUITY PERFORMANCE PROFILE ≈ 1 year of schooling { 100% Top 20% ESCS 80% Bottom 20% ESCS PISA Science 2015 Urban 60% Rural 40% Females Males 20% ECD 0% No ECD Science 2015 Reading 2015 Math 2015 Below basic proficiency Basic proficiency High proficiency 420 450 480 510 540 570 600 30 points in PISA scale ≈ 1 year of schooling ESCS: Economic, Social and Cultural Status PISA PERFORMANCE AND GDP PER CAPITA 600 Singapore 550 Japan Macao SAR, China Estonia Finland Canada Vietnam Hong Kong SAR, China Korea United Kingdom China (B-S-J-G) New Zealand Australia PISA 2015 Score in Science Switzerland 500 Poland Portugal Belgium Denmark Norway Spain Sweden United States France Austria Russian Federation Czech Republic Hungary Italy Luxembourg Croatia Lithuania Iceland Israel Kazakhstan 450 Bulgaria Chile Greece Malaysia Uruguay United Arab Emirates Moldova Albania Romania Cyprus Argentina Turkey Trinidad and Tobago Qatar Colombia Thailand Mexico Georgia 400 Indonesia Brazil Peru Tunisia Kosovo Algeria For China weighted average of provincial GDP per capita shown 350 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 140000 GDP per capita in 2015 or latest, PPP (constant 2011 International $), World Bank ICP ABOUT PISA: PISA is the OECD’s benchmarking tool to assess achievement and application of key knowledge and skills of 15 year-olds. Launched in 2000, PISA is conducted every three years and tests proficiency in mathematics, reading, science, and problem-solving. In 2015, 540,000 students completed the assessment, representing 29 million 15-year-olds in the schools of the 72 participating countries and economies.