PISA 2025 Results Reveal Sharp Decline in Student Academic Performance

UK pupils rank highly again in international reading, maths and science tests

But the Pisa test scores vary significantly between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

U.S. Reading Scores Plummet on Global Exam

Students in Singapore and parts of China had the highest scores on the test known as PISA. Scores for American students were near a 25-year low.

By Sarah Mervosh

Are teenagers growing dimmer?

The latest global school tests reveal shocking new declines

Australia’s classroom disruption among worst in world, prompting calls for ‘digital detox’

Public school students are the equivalent of two and a half years behind their independent peers, as global report shows decline in reading and maths Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Public school students are more than two years behind their independent counterparts and Australia’s classroom disruption remains among the worst in the world, a global report has found. The 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) results, released on Tuesday by the...

By Caitlin Cassidy

PISA test reveals alarming drop in reading and math skills worldwide

The influential global study shows a downward trend in students' performances. Germany is faring worse than ever.

Australian students’ reading and maths results plunge in global rankings

The results show almost a quarter of students are “low performers” in mathematics while that figure rises to 29 per cent in reading.

By Christopher Harris

AI Use Contributes to Global Decline in Student Reading Skills, OECD Says

OECD said tests taken last year by 15-year-olds in 91 countries and economies revealed a big drop in scores compared with a decade earlier.

Ireland's 15-year-olds outperform EU counterparts in PISA educational study

By Deirdre Barry

Korean students rank near top globally in PISA despite reading decline

South Korean students remained among the world’s strongest performers in science and mathematics and scored highly in a new assessment of digital problem-solving, even as their reading performance showed a statistically significant decline over the past decade. Korean 15-year-olds scored an average of 526 in science, 501 in reading and 522 in mathematics in the 2025 Program for International Student Assessment, according to results released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation an

By The Korea Herald

Singapore’s 15-year-olds second globally in using digital tools to solve complex problems: PISA

Singapore placed second in the world behind Macau and ahead of Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang in China.

Irish teenagers top of the class in EU for reading and third for science

When it comes to reading, Ireland ranks seventh among the 91 countries analysed and top in the EU.

PISA bombshell: Education data points to post-Covid stabilisation and a narrowing equity gap

The rich-poor gap is persistent and large. This is the first data to show it shrinking.

By Derek Cheng

PISA 2025: Philippines breaks out of bottom 10, sees best lift in reading

The Philippines has secured its highest score in reading, mathematics and science, since the country first joined the PISA in 2018, though they remain below the OECD average.

By Cristina Chi

Estonia ranks among top countries in latest PISA results

Only Japan and South Korea surpassed Estonia in 2025 overall PISA test scores among OECD countries. At the same time, education experts are concerned about the continued decline in functional reading literacy.

Finland’s PISA scores fall again in reading and maths

Finland’s 15-year-olds recorded further declines in reading, mathematics and science in the latest PISA assessment, extending a fall that has lasted for years. Despite the drop, Finnish pupils remained above the OECD average in all three subjects, with science continuing to produce the country’s strongest results. The 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment, published on Tuesday, tested more than 760,000 students across 91 countries and economies.