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EDUCATION: PISA 2025 RESULTS
Students’ reading and mathematics performance declined sharply across the OECD
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Over 760 000 students in 91 countries and economies participated in PISA 2025. Overall performance of OECD countries declined to their lowest average ever recorded in science, reading and mathematics. PISA 2025 examines education in the age of AI, student sense of belonging and susceptibility to misinformation.
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Solid computational problem-solving skills are widespread
PISA 2025 introduced a new assessment focusing on 15-year-olds’ computational problem-solving skills, examining their capacity to use modelling and programming tools, conduct experiments and build, design and develop digital products. Although there is no formal baseline proficiency threshold on this scale, Level 3 marks the point at which students begin to demonstrate sufficiently solid knowledge and skills to progress rapidly. About two-thirds of students across OECD countries performed at Level 3 or above, and around a quarter reached the two highest proficiency levels (Levels 5 or 6). Students in Macao (China), Singapore and the Chinese provinces/municipalities of Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang had the highest mean scores (572, 563 and 560 mean score points, respectively). The average score among OECD countries is 500 score points.
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The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) is a forum and knowledge hub for data, analysis and best practices in public policy. We work with over 100 countries across the world to build stronger, fairer and cleaner societies – helping to shape better policies for better lives.