INFORMATION BULLETIN
For Immediate Release 2002BCED0032-000975 Dec. 4, 2001		Ministry of Education
B.C. STUDENTS PERFORM WELL ON INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT

VICTORIA – British Columbia students did well on an international student assessment that focused on reading, with other questions on mathematics and science.

 

Fifteen-year-olds from 32 countries and 10 Canadian provinces participated, including a random sample of 3,037 students from B.C. The Programme for International Student Assessment 2000 results were released today by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development:

 

§         British Columbia was included in a group of 12 countries and provinces with top reading performance.

• Four jurisdictions performed better than British Columbia in mathematics.
• One jurisdiction performed better than British Columbia in science.

 

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