Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) Reading Cohort 2009

The table below provides an indication of data quality for the estimated average reading score for 15-year-olds by province. Additional data quality indicators are presented in all PISA publications.

Data Quality for the Estimated Average Reading Scores for 15-year-olds by Province
Province Average Reading score Standard error confidence interval – 95% lower limit confidence interval – 95% upper limit
Newfoundland and Labrador 506 (3.7) 499 513
Prince Edward Island 486 (2.4) 481 490
Nova Scotia 516 (2.7) 510 521
New Brunswick 499 (2.5) 494 504
Quebec 522 (3.1) 516 528
Ontario 531 (3.0) 525 536
Manitoba 495 (3.6) 488 502
Saskatchewan 504 (3.3) 498 511
Alberta 533 (4.6) 524 542
British Columbia 525 (4.2) 516 533
Canada 524 (1.5) 521 527