In this edition of Graphic Intelligence, we show that the trends in achievement for immigrant students in Canada on the international PISA test have been much better than those for students with Canadian-born parents over the past decade.

While students with Canadian-born parents scored higher than first- or second-generation immigrants on math, reading, and science in 2006, this advantage has since disappeared. In fact students with Canadian-born parents are now the worst-performing group on the mathematics portion of the PISA test.

The story for second-generation immigrant students lies somewhere in the middle, with gains on reading and science tests, but a decline in math scores. As a result, they are now the highest-scoring group of the three.

To learn more, read the Intelligence Memo “Rosalie Wyonch - PISA Results: Good News for Immigrants, Bad News for Education.”