Programme for international student assessment 2000

Programme for international student assessment 2000 — scotland analysis

PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT 2000 - SCOTLAND ANALYSIS

Quality and Use of School Resources

3. Thirteen per cent of 15 year olds in Scotland were enrolled in schools where the headteacher was concerned about the lack of educational material in the library. This proportion was higher in all other countries except Hungary and New Zealand. The comparison between Scotland and the UK as a whole is particularly striking. The situation is perceived to be much worse in the rest of the UK. The number of 15 year olds in Scotland reporting that they never used the school library was much closer to the OECD average.

4. The proportion of headteachers concerned about the lack of computers was considerably higher than the proportion concerned about the quality of the library in most countries, including Scotland (35 per cent) (in the UK as a whole it was much higher at 56 per cent). The proportion of 15 year olds in Scotland reporting that they never used computers at school was well below the OECD average, but higher than in a number of countries, including the rest of the UK and the Scandinavian countries.

Table 32. Quality and use of school resources, by country

	Quality and use of the school library			Availability and use of computers			Quality and use of science laboratory equipment
	Percentage of students enrolled in schools where principals report that learning is hindered to some extent or a lot by lack of instructional material in the library	Percentage of students who report that they		Percentage of students enrolled in schools where principals report that learning is hindered to some extent or a lot by lack of computers	Percentage of students who report that they		Percentage of students enrolled in schools where school principals report that learning is hindered to some extent or a lot by inadequate science laboratory equipment	Percentage of students who report that they
		never use the school library	use the school library at least several times a month		never use computers in the school	use computers in the school at least several times a month		never use the science laboratory	use the science laboratory at least several times a month
OECD countries
Australia	17	11	35	30	8	60	16	16	61
Austria	22	67	4	38	15	68	34	57	25
Belgium	24	69	4	19	27	48	19	43	27
Canada	20	19	22	31	14	50	19	20	44
Czech Republic	25	74	4	37	33	47	22	62	17
Denmark	14	14	43	28	2	79	21	11	77
Finland	43	53	6	43	6	64	43	67	9
France	15	31	20	28	35	22	13	43	33
Germany	35	73	10	50	38	32	32	41	37
Greece	50	60	6	68	31	37	64	50	14
Hungary	12	42	11	13	15	72	27	70	8
Iceland	37	29	21	45	10	66	53	47	23
Ireland	48	69	7	41	35	42	42	22	59
Italy	34	71	3	32	26	53	37	51	21
Japan	24	50	16	31	60	22	34	50	19
Korea	35	65	13	24	30	57	28	25	40
Luxembourg	16	51	11	23	22	49	14	55	24
Mexico	60	16	33	68	49	30	66	33	35
New Zealand	11	10	32	40	16	41	19	15	65
Norway	59	20	22	61	11	44	49	10	62
Poland	32	19	21	39	27	55	43	37	33
Portugal	17	16	38	39	30	33	23	47	33
SCOTLAND	13	31	20	35	16	59	21	21	64
Spain	27	44	14	30	40	37	32	37	29
Sweden	27	15	36	51	10	60	16	6	83
Switzerland	15	46	12	23	23	43	16	44	29
United Kingdom	38	31	18	56	9	63	42	7	67
United States	21	21	20	31	12	44	23	23	34
OECD total	29	36	18	38	29	41	32	33	34
Country mean	30	39	18	38	24	49	32	37	37
Non-OECD countries
Brazil	36	21	28	63	61	14	55	57	11
Latvia	47	14	28	40	30	45	60	50	18
Liechtenstein	21	43	9	41	12	57	58	33	41
Russian Federation	78	12	42	86	52	32	79	17	50

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