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OECD has published its PISA 2003 Report.
Gap between countries widens! Best become better, poor poorer
More than 250,000 students in 41 cointries took part in PISA 2003, the second three yearly survey of its kind. The survey involved pencil and paper tests lasting two hours, taken in the students schools. The main focaus in PISA 2003 was on matematics, but the survey also looked at student performance in problem-solving, science and reading and at students approaches to learning and attitudes to school.
Finland once again came out on top in the study among 15-year-ods, as in 2000, with high results in both mathematics and science and with the best results in reading literacy. Almost matching the results of Finland were Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan. However lower-coring countries such as mexico and Brazil, showed decreases on tests of student performance compared with PISA 2000.