ISEI-IVEI

BASQUE COUNTRY

PISA 2006SCIENCE RESULTS AND REGIONS, COMMUNITIES AND TERRITORIES

JOSU SIERRA

Josu SierraDirector of the ISEI-IVEI

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ESCS “SUBNATIONAL” PISA 2006

ESCS LEVELS

VARIANCE EXPLAINED BY ESCS: SMALL INFLUENCE OF THIS VARIABLE

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9,010,7 10,8 11,7

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PERCENTAGE OF THE BETWEEN SCHOOLS VARIANCE EXPLAINED BY ESCS-SCIENCE

SCIENCE RESULT AND ESCS: SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN EXPECTED

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SCIENCE AND ESCS

Friuli VGFlemish C.

Sicilia

Basque

Scotland

Liguria

Bolzano

Veneto

Andalusia

Campania

MATHEMATICS RESULT AND ESCS: SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN EXPECTED

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MATH AND ESCS

VénetoGalicia

Flemish C.

Basque

La Rioja

Scotland

AndalusiaLiguria

Trento

Sicilia

C.-León

READING SCORE AND ESCS: EXPECTED RESULT

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READING AND ESCS

Flemish C.

Scotland

Liguria

Trento

Basque

Friuli VG

Galicia

Veneto

Andalusia

Sicilia

Bolzano

CHANGES THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING NOW

• New Curriculum Decree, introducing Basic Competences.

• Our amount of hours in science is the lowest comparing with the Spanish Communities: we will increase teaching hours in Science.

PAPER PRESENTED BY JOSU SIERRA IN TRENTO (ITALY), APRIL

2008

PISA 2006 CONFERENCE HOSTED BY OECD AND TRENTINO PROVINCE