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New PISA Test On Real World Problem Solving

04/02/2014

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The tireless PISA folks are back with the results of a test of math-related real world problem solving among 15 year olds in 44 upscale countries. (Check here for sample questions like how to find the quickest route on a map or how to adjust an air conditioner). The U.S. did not bad, scoring a little above the average for rich countries, but not as good as the Asians or the white countries with smart immigration policies (Canada, Australia, Finland).

OECD average	500
Singapore	562
Korea	561
Japan	552
Macao-China	540
Hong Kong-China	540
Shanghai-China	536
Chinese Taipei	534
Canada	526
Australia	523
Finland	523
England (United Kingdom)	517
Estonia	515
France	511
Netherlands	511
Italy	510
Czech Republic	509
Germany	509
United States	508
Belgium	508
Austria	506
Norway	503
Ireland	498
Denmark	497
Portugal	494
Sweden	491
Russian Federation	489
Slovak Republic	483
Poland	481
Spain	477
Slovenia	476
Serbia	473
Croatia	466
Hungary	459
Turkey	454
Israel	454
Chile	448
Cyprus ^{1, 2}	445
Brazil	428
Malaysia	422
United Arab Emirates	411
Montenegro	407
Uruguay	403
Bulgaria	402
Colombia	399

Shanghai came down to earth after its stratospheric scores on the last two PISAs. Poland was also down v. its PISA scores. Otherwise, there would appear to be a fairly high degree of correlation at the national level between the triennial PISA test of book smarts and the new PISA test of real world smarts, which is what the g Factor theory of intelligence would predict.

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