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Living in Alberta Quality Education Top Scores in Mathematics, Science and Reading 2006 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) Examinations Average = 500 Mathematics Rank Jurisdiction Score Rank Science Jurisdiction Reading Score Rank Jurisdiction Score 1 Taiwan 549 1 Finland 563 1 Korea 556 23456 7810 Finland 548 2 Alberta 550 2 Finland 547 |Hong Kong 547 3 | Hong Kong 542 3 |Hong Kong 536 Korea 547 4 British Columbia 539 4 Alberta 535 Quebec 540 5 Ontario 537 5 Ontario 534 Netherlands 531 6 Canada 534 6 British Columbia 528 Alberta 530 7 Taiwan 532 7 Canada 527 Switzerland 530 8 Estonia 531 8 Quebec 522 9 Canada 527 9 Japan 531 9 New Zealand 521 Ontario 526 10 Quebec 531 10 Ireland 517 79578 Alberta 530 2 Alberta 550 4 Alberta 535 Canada 527 6 Canada 534 7 Canada 527 45 United States 474 39 United States 489 n/a United States n/a 14 Japan 523 9 28 Germany 504 21 Japan Germany 531 23 Japan 498 502 27 Germany 495 Notes: 1. PISA tests 15-year olds' mathematics, science and reading skills. 2. The rank is out of 67 jurisdictions. Sources: Measuring Up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study, Statistics Canada Alberta Finance and Enterprise

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