Literacy Skills for the World of Tomorrow : Further Results from PISA 2000.

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In this report, the OECD and UNESCO Institute for Statistics have broadened PISA's coverage to include eleven countries that recently joined the program: Albania; Argentina; Bulgaria; Chile; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Israel; FYR Macedonia; Peru; Romania and Thailand. Besides a wider geographic scope, the report also provides new insights into individual and contextual factors that influence lifelong learning effectiveness. It notably shows how some countries have overcome unfavourable social and economic conditions to achieve high overall levels of performance.  Read more... Foreword Table of contents Chapter 1: Programme for International Student Assessment and non-OECD countries Readers' guide Chapter 2: The reading performance of 15-year-olds Chapter 3: A profile of student performance in mathematical and scientific literacy Chapter 4: General outcomes of learning Chapter 5: Gender differences and similarities in achievement Chapter 6: Family background and literacy performance Chapter 7: School characteristics and student performance References Annex A Annex B Annex C