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Table 5 Average percent correct, incorrect, missing and not reached for block M1 (mathematics), positions 1 and 4, 2006 and 2009–Ireland and OECD averages

From: Changes in achievement on PISA: the case of Ireland and implications for international assessment practice

 

P1 2003

P1 2009

P4 2003

P4 2009

% correct

Ireland

52.7

49.5

49.2

44.5

OECD

51.1

51.5

45.7

46.1

% incorrect

Ireland

40.4

41.5

39.4

36.9

OECD

38.8

38.9

37.9

37.4

% missing

Ireland

6.9

8.7

8.9

12.0

OECD

10.1

9.6

12.2

12.2

% not reached

Ireland

0.0

0.3

2.5

6.6

OECD

0.0

0.0

4.2

4.3

% missing + not reached

Ireland

6.9

8.9

11.4

18.6

OECD

10.1

9.6

16.4

16.5

  1. Source: Cosgrove, 2011, Table twenty-three.