1 Question: CHARTS Proficiency level 1 Mathematics literacy – Example item

2 Question: CHARTS - Continued Percentage of students answering correctly in 2012: OECD average: 80% U.S.: 77% Mathematics literacy – Example item

3 Question: DRIP RATE Proficiency level 5 Mathematics literacy – Example item

4 Question: DRIP RATE - Continued Percentage of students answering correctly in PISA 2012: OECD average: 26% U.S.: 30% Mathematics literacy – Example item

5 Question: MARY MONTAGU Proficiency level 2 Science literacy – Example item

6 Question: MARY MONTAGU - Continued Percentage of students answering correctly in 2006: OECD average: 75% U.S.: 73% Science literacy – Example item

7 Question: GREENHOUSE Proficiency level 6 Science literacy – Example item

8 Question: GREENHOUSE - Continued Percentage of students answering correctly in 2006: OECD average: 19% U.S.: 18% Science literacy – Example item

Reading literacy – Example item 9 Question: TELECOMMUTING Proficiency level 3

10 Question: TELECOMMUTING-Continued Percentage of students answering correctly in 2009: OECD average: 52% U.S.: 55% Reading literacy – Example item

11 Question: THE PLAY’S THE THING Proficiency level 6 Reading literacy – Example item

12 Question: THE PLAY’S THE THING- Continued What were the characters in the play doing just before the curtain went up? Reading literacy – Example item Percentage of students answering correctly in PISA 2009: OECD average: 13% U.S.: 13%