Measuring up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study: The Performance of Canada’s youth in Science, Reading and Mathematics

Author: Patrick Bussière, Tamara Knighton, Dianne Pennock Publisher: Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Statistics Canada, Council of Ministers of Education Publication: Document Date:                  December 2007 Category: Education > Mathematics Related Categories: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement Education > Literacy   This report comments on Canada’s performance among 57 countries in the OECD Program for International Student Assessment. The 2006 results focused on literacy in the sciences among 15 year olds. The authors note that boys and girls excelled in different competencies and that family background had a significant influence on results. Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link