By Steve Sailer
04/02/2014
The tireless PISA folks are back with the results of a test of math-related real world problem solving among 15 year olds in 44 upscale countries. (Check here for sample questions like how to find the quickest route on a map or how to adjust an air conditioner). The U.S. did not bad, scoring a little above the average for rich countries, but not as good as the Asians or the white countries with smart immigration policies (Canada, Australia, Finland).
| OECD average | 500 |
| Singapore | 562 |
| Korea | 561 |
| Japan | 552 |
| Macao-China | 540 |
| Hong Kong-China | 540 |
| Shanghai-China | 536 |
| Chinese Taipei | 534 |
| Canada | 526 |
| Australia | 523 |
| Finland | 523 |
| England (United Kingdom) | 517 |
| Estonia | 515 |
| France | 511 |
| Netherlands | 511 |
| Italy | 510 |
| Czech Republic | 509 |
| Germany | 509 |
| United States | 508 |
| Belgium | 508 |
| Austria | 506 |
| Norway | 503 |
| Ireland | 498 |
| Denmark | 497 |
| Portugal | 494 |
| Sweden | 491 |
| Russian Federation | 489 |
| Slovak Republic | 483 |
| Poland | 481 |
| Spain | 477 |
| Slovenia | 476 |
| Serbia | 473 |
| Croatia | 466 |
| Hungary | 459 |
| Turkey | 454 |
| Israel | 454 |
| Chile | 448 |
| Cyprus 1, 2 | 445 |
| Brazil | 428 |
| Malaysia | 422 |
| United Arab Emirates | 411 |
| Montenegro | 407 |
| Uruguay | 403 |
| Bulgaria | 402 |
| Colombia | 399 |
Shanghai came down to earth after its stratospheric scores on the last two PISAs. Poland was also down v. its PISA scores. Otherwise, there would appear to be a fairly high degree of correlation at the national level between the triennial PISA test of book smarts and the new PISA test of real world smarts, which is what the g Factor theory of intelligence would predict.
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