Mapping Global Schoolhouse Rankings

The latest global schoolhouse rankings are an interesting read. Unless, of course, you lot alive inwards America, inwards which representative the misfortunate standards inwards the teaching of literacy way that you lot volition belike create create alongside the long words.

The OECD's 'Programme for International Student Assessment' (Pisa) assesses teaching rankings inwards countries around the globe inwards the amount subjects of reading, mathematics as well as science. The 2015 results accept directly been released as well as you lot tin browse the province rankings on 2 interactive maps, i created past times the BBC as well as the other released past times Compare Your Country.

Both maps allow you lot to persuasion the rankings of each province tested past times PISA inwards the subjects of reading, mathematics as well as science. The BBC map provides a choropleth persuasion of each country's ranking for science. You tin likewise click on a province on the map to persuasion the country's marking for reading as well as mathematics.

The Compare Your Country map is the improve of the 2 maps as well as truly allows you lot to persuasion a choropleth persuasion for the province rankings inwards each of the 3 amount subjects tested, It likewise allows you lot to persuasion the rankings for the 3 'Equity' scores, which compare the teaching scores of boys vs girls, students from unlike social backgrounds as well as students from immigrant families.

I was truly joking nearly the USA's misfortunate reading skills. The USA scores higher upwards average inwards reading as well as science. However the USA is below average inwards mathematics, coming 40th out of the lxx countries tested.