Malaysia - Program for International Student Assessment 2015

East Asia & Pacific M A L AY S I A * PISA 2015 SCORES TAKEAWAYS OVER TIME  The performance of students in Science continues to lag behind the regional and the OECD averages. Across SCIENCE READING MATHEMATICS Science, Mathematics and Reading, this gap is approximately 1.5 to 2.2 years.  Two-thirds of students perform at a basic level of proficiency.  The difference in Science scores between students in the 2012 420 398 421 top and bottom socioeconomic quintile equates to 2.5 years of schooling, which is lower than the same gap among OECD countries (3.1 years). 2015 443* 431* 446*  The difference between urban and rural students in Science is equivalent to 0.9 years of schooling.  Girls perform better than boys in Science but this difference is not statistically significant. SCIENCE  Students who have attended Early Childhood Development TRENDS (ECD) programs perform 0.5 years ahead in Science compared to students who did not attend ECD. 550  POLICY ACTION: Improve efficiency in teacher staffing norms and allocation strategies, improve pre-service and in- service training. 500 EAP  POLICY ACTION: Continue efforts to support increased PISA Science Score autonomy at the school level. OECD  POLICY ACTION: Support investment in early learning and improve access to preprimary education. 450  POLICY ACTION: Improve use of national and international assessment data for policy analysis. Malaysia 400 WB EDUCATION 350 ENGAGEMENT 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 FINANCING: Note: In 2015, the OECD introduced several improvements to  None the design, administration, and scaling of PISA. For the most part, these changes did not affect the comparability of the ANALYTICAL: 2015 results with those for previous assessments. For further  None information and implications for analyses of PISA data, please consult the PISA 2015 international report. SABER: Source: OECD, 2016. PISA 2015 Results (Volume 1):  None Excellence and Equity in Education. Paris: OECD. * In Malaysia, the PISA assessment was conducted in accordance with the operational standards and guidelines of the OECD. However, the weighted response rate among the initially sampled Malaysian schools (51%) falls well short of the standard PISA response rate of 85%. Therefore results may not be comparable to those of other countries or to results for Malaysia from previous years.  PISA 2015 East Asia & Pacific STUDENT EQUITY PERFORMANCE PROFILE ≈ 1 year of schooling 100% { Top 20% ESCS 80% Bottom 20% ESCS PISA Science 2015 60% Urban Rural 40% Females Males 20% ECD 0% No ECD 2012 2015 2012 2015 2012 2015 380 410 440 470 500 Science Reading Math 30 points in PISA scale ≈ 1 year of schooling Below basic proficiency Basic proficiency High proficiency ESCS: Economic, Social and Cultural Status PISA PERFORMANCE AND GDP PER CAPITA 600 Singapore 550 Japan Macao SAR, China Estonia Finland Canada Vietnam Hong Kong SAR, China Korea United Kingdom China (B-S-J-G) New Zealand Australia PISA 2015 Score in Science Switzerland 500 Poland Portugal Belgium Denmark Norway Spain Sweden United States France Austria Russian Federation Czech Republic Hungary Italy Luxembourg Croatia Lithuania Iceland Israel Kazakhstan 450 Bulgaria Chile Greece Malaysia Uruguay United Arab Emirates Moldova Albania Romania Cyprus Argentina Turkey Trinidad and Tobago Qatar Colombia Thailand Mexico Georgia 400 Indonesia Brazil Peru Tunisia Kosovo Algeria 350 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 140000 GDP per capita in 2015 or latest, PPP (constant 2011 International $), World Bank ICP ABOUT PISA: PISA is the OECD’s benchmarking tool to assess achievement and application of key knowledge and skills of 15 year-olds. Launched in 2000, PISA is conducted every three years and tests proficiency in mathematics, reading, science, and problem-solving. In 2015, 540,000 students completed the assessment, representing 29 million 15-year-olds in the schools of the 72 participating countries and economies.