Programs and Initiatives > Assessment > Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) > PISA 2012. Sixty-five countries and economies took part in PISA 2012. Over half a million 15-year-old students, including 21,000 Canadians, were tested on their skills and knowledge in three core learning areas: mathematics, reading, and science. The international report shows Canadian students rank among the best in the world. Only nine countries and economies performed better than Canada in mathematics, four in reading, and only seven in science The main focus of PISA 2012 was mathematics, which was assessed through: three mathematics processes: formulating situations mathematically; employing mathematical concepts, facts, procedures, and reasoning; and interpreting, applying, and evaluating mathematical outcomes;four content areas: quantity, space and shape, change and relationships, and uncertainty and data; and four contexts: personal, educational, societal, and scientific.
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