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PISA for everybody
An article in today’s local paper spoke results for NC math students on PISA, an international exam sponsored by OECD. PISA stands for Program for International Student Assessment and OECD stands for Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The test was administered in 2015.
Massachusetts and North Carolina were the only two states with enough participants to allow statistically significant comparisons. Apparently, MA was far above average compared to the rest of the US while NC was about average. Disappointing but not surprising.
Anyway, the released items for the 2012 test are attached as a PDF file. The test focuses on practical applications that use relatively elementary math principles. There are a few problems that surveyors can relate to, some involving areas and perimeters of odd shapes and a few others. Maybe fellow math nerds will enjoy looking at them.
I think it’s a pretty good test of reasoning mathematically. The questions require complete thinking, so don’t rush, or your will be a Panther instead of a Patriot.
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