Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 December 2004. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Thursday, 9 December 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 1st December 2004 428 c147W on International Student Assessment Study, what the response rate of (a) schools and (b) pupils in the sample of English schools selected was for (i) the OECD PISA survey 2000 and (ii) the OECD PISA survey 2003. - Including table.

Answer: Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 1 December, Official Report, column 147W on International Student Assessment Study, what the response rate of (a) schools and (b) pupils in the sample of English schools selected was for (i) the OECD PISA survey 2000 and (ii) the OECD PISA survey 2003. [203216] Mr. Miliband: The school and pupil response rates for England for PISA 2000 and 2003 are set out in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. School Response-- before School Response-- after Pupil Response replacement replacement PISA 2000 59 82 81 PISA 2003 64 77 77 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 203216; 428 c776W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Assessments Data processing Pupils OECD countries Standards Surveys Programme for International Student Assessment
Contains statistics: Yes
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