Where The Wealthy Students Still Lag

Where The Wealthy Students Still Lag Each year, students across the globe take a test called the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, and students in wealthy nations don't always achieve the best results. We've shown each country's math scores by socioeconomic decile to illustrate how being poor in some countries is less of a barrier to getting a good education than in others - and how the wealthiest students in some of the world's richest countries, such as the U.S., don't perform as well as their peers. • Second decile O Seventh decile Bottom decile • Third decile O Fourth decile O Fifth decile Sixth decile O Eighth decile • Ninth decile • Top decile Countries and economies in bold have an average socioeconomic status above the OECD average. Countries and economies that are not bold have an average socioeconomic status below the OECD average. PISA 2012 Mathematics Score 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 Australia Austria Belgium Canada Chile Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel 000 Italy Japan Korea Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States OECD countries OECD AVERAGE V Partners Argentina Brazil Bulgaria Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Hong Kong-China Indonesia Jordan Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Macao-China Malaysia Montenegro Peru Qatar Romania Russian Federation Serbia Shanghai-China Singapore Taiwan Thailand Tunisia United Arab Emirates Uruguay Vietnam 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 Note: Scores range from zero to 2.6 points above or below reported values due to standard error. Sources: PISA score data and decile breakdowns from OECD analyst Pablo Zoido; additional data analysis from Morgan Polikoff, a University of Southern California Rossier School of Education professor THE HUFFINGTON POST