Harmonized test scores in the United Kingdom in 2020 — 520 score. Ranked 12 in the world out of 172. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 0.6%.
2010–2020 · score, 300–625
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Kingdom
| Year | score | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 520 | — | — |
| 2018 | 517 | −0 | −0.06% |
| 2017 | 517 | — | — |
| 2010 | 517 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Estonia
543
Finland
534
Ireland
521
United Kingdom
520
Sweden
519
Denmark
518
Norway
514
Latvia
504
Iceland
498
Lithuania
496
School test results brought by the World Bank to a single scale: a score of 300 corresponds to minimal attainment, 625 to advanced attainment. The point of the harmonization is that countries take part in different international assessments — PISA, TIMSS, regional ones — and their results are not directly comparable. The indicator answers a question that enrollment does not ask: what children have learned during the years they spent in school.
Important: The estimates are released once every few years and rest on the latest assessment available for a country, so the years differ from country to country. The gap between enrollment and results is wide: enrollment can be universal while results stand at the level of three years of schooling.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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