| Abstract: | This paper seeks to examine the quality and equality of basic education of Hong Kong based on the first three cycles of the
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Results from these three assessments suggested that the Hong Kong students
have an outstanding performance in mathematics, science and reading. In particular, the performance of reading improves substantially
in PISA 2006. As far as equality in education is concerned, the achievement gap of students from different socio-economic
backgrounds in Hong Kong is relatively small compared with other countries. However, the academic performance variation between-schools
suggest that, there is still academic segregation among secondary schools in Hong Kong although it has been reduced slightly
in the PISA 2006. |
