PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT 2000 - SCOTLAND ANALYSIS
Use of School Resources
5. Twenty one per cent of 15 year olds in Scotland stated that they used the school library at least several times a month. However, curiously, this group did not perform as well as the 49 per cent who used the library up to once a month. Thirty one per cent stated that they never or hardly ever used the library. Sixty per cent used computers at school at least several times a month, and 26 per cent used the internet at school at least several times a month. There was a much greater use of the internet in the rest of the UK, and slightly more use of computers and science laboratories.
Table 33a Percentage and performance on the PISA reading literacy scale of students by responses to questions on use of school resources, Scotland
Proportion of 15 year olds who use the following at school:
| Scotland | Scotland |
Never or Hardly Ever | Up to once a month | At least several times a month | Never or Hardly Ever | Up to once a month | At least several times a month |
| School library | 31% | 49% | 21% | 510 | 539 | 530 |
| Computers | 15% | 25% | 60% | 527 | 527 | 529 |
| Calculators | 7% | 8% | 85% | 501 | 487 | 534 |
| Internet | 49% | 25% | 26% | 521 | 545 | 526 |
| Science laboratories | 21% | 15% | 64% | 480 | 508 | 549 |
Table 33b Percentage and performance on the PISA reading literacy scale of students by responses to questions on use of school resources, UK
Mean reading scores of 15 year olds who use the following at school:
| UK | UK |
Never or Hardly Ever | Up to once a month | At least several times a month | Never or Hardly Ever | Up to once a month | At least several times a month |
| School library | 31% | 50% | 19% | 513 | 535 | 527 |
| Computers | 9% | 27% | 64% | 525 | 537 | 523 |
| Calculators | 8% | 12% | 80% | 504 | 473 | 537 |
| Internet | 40% | 25% | 35% | 523 | 536 | 525 |
| Science laboratories | 7% | 25% | 68% | 452 | 514 | 540 |
Table 33c Percentage and performance on the PISA reading literacy scale of students by responses to questions on use of school resources, OECD
| OECD | OECD |
Proportion of 15 year olds who use the following at school:
| Never or Hardly Ever | Up to once a month | At least several times a month | Never or Hardly Ever | Up to once a month | At least several times a month |
| School library | 38% | 42% | 19% | 496 | 509 | 503 |
| Computers | 30% | 26% | 44% | 492 | 509 | 507 |
| Calculators | 22% | 15% | 63% | 501 | 467 | 513 |
| Internet | 49% | 24% | 27% | 492 | 517 | 512 |
| Science laboratories | 35% | 28% | 36% | 478 | 506 | 525 |