The performance of Canada's youth in science, reading, and mathematics : Performance des jeunes du Canada en sciences, en lecture et en mathématiques, premiers résultats de 2006 pour les Canadiens de 15 ans

The report has benefited from the input and comments of reviewers in provincial Ministries and Departments of Education; the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada; Human Resources and Social Development Canada and Statistics Canada. [...] The third survey of PISA conducted in 2006 completes The project began in 2000 and focuses on the the first set of three-yearly assessment surveys of capabilities of 15-year-olds as they near the end of knowledge and skills with a focus on science achievement. [...] Newfoundland and Labrador performed at the Canadian average in the sub-domain of ‘identifying scientific issues’ Generally, provinces fell into one of three groups and below the Canadian average on the combined science when compared to the Canadian averages for combined scales and the other two science sub-domains. [...] Both Canada examining the relative distribution of scores or the gap and the majority of the provinces were among the few that exists between students with the highest and lowest jurisdictions with above-average science performance and levels of performance within each jurisdiction. [...] Listed in students who performed at Level 1 or below on the Table 1.3 are the percentages of students who performed combined science scale were similar to the percentage at Level 1 or below and the percentages of students who for Canada in six of the Canadian provinces performed at Level 5 or 6 for each country and the ten (Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec, provinces.