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Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
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Countries

43 countries participated in PISA 2000 assessment, 41 countries participated in the PISA 2003 assessment, and 56 countries are participating in the PISA 2006 assessment. A Board of Participating Countries (BPC) with representatives from each participating country manages PISA. Countries include:

Countries PISA 2000 PISA 2003 PISA 2006
Africa
Tunisia1   X X
Asia
Azerbaijan1     X
Chinese Taipei1, 2     X
Hong Kong-China1, 2 X X X
Indonesia1, 2 X X X
Israel1, 2 X   X
Japan X X X
Jordan1     X
Korea, Republic of X X X
Kyrgyzstan1     X
Macao-China1   X X
Qatar1     X
Thailand1 X X X
Turkey   X X
Europe
Albania1, 2 X    
Austria X X X
Belgium X X X
Bulgaria1, 2 X   X
Croatia1     X
Czech Republic X X X
Denmark X X X
Estonia1     X
Finland X X X
France X X X
Germany X X X
Greece X X X
Hungary X X X
Iceland X X X
Italy X X X
Ireland X X X
Latvia1 X X X
Liechtenstein1 X X X
Lithuania1     X
Luxembourg X X X
Macedonia1, 2 X    
Montenegro, Republic of 1     X
Norway X X X
Poland X X X
Portugal X X X
Romania1, 2 X   X
Russian Federation1 X X X
Serbia and Montenegro 1   X  
Serbia, Republic of 1     X
Slovak Republic   X X
Slovenia1     X
Spain X X X
Sweden X X X
Switzerland X X X
The Netherlands X X X
United Kingdom X X X
North America
Canada X X X
Mexico X X X
United States X X X
South America
Argentina1, 2 X   X
Brazil1 X X X
Chile1, 2 X   X
Colombia1     X
Peru1, 2 X    
Uruguay1   X X
Oceania
Australia X X X
New Zealand X X X
X = collected data
1 Denotes non-OECD country.
2 Denotes countries which administered the PISA 2000 assessment in 2002

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