Math Scores Dropped Globally, but the U.S. Still
Trails Other Countries
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/us/math-scores-pandemic-pisa.html
The math performance of U.S. teenagers has sharply declined since 2018, with scores lower than 20 years ago, and with American students continuing to trail global competitors, according to the results of a key international exam released on Tuesday.
In the first comparable global results since the coronavirus pandemic, 15-year-olds in the United States scored below students in similar industrialized democracies like the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany, and well behind students in the highest-performing countries such as Singapore, South Korea and Estonia — continuing an underperformance in math that predated the pandemic.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/us/math-scores-pandemic-pisa.html
The math performance of U.S. teenagers has sharply declined since 2018, with scores lower than 20 years ago, and with American students continuing to trail global competitors, according to the results of a key international exam released on Tuesday.
In the first comparable global results since the coronavirus pandemic, 15-year-olds in the United States scored below students in similar industrialized democracies like the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany, and well behind students in the highest-performing countries such as Singapore, South Korea and Estonia — continuing an underperformance in math that predated the pandemic.
Asian Countries Score High in Key Education Survey
https://www.barrons.com/news/asian-countries-score-high-in-key-education-survey-91ca3749
Singapore took top ranking in the latest assessment, which was carried out in 2022 and involved 690,000 students in 81 participating countries and economies.
The south-east Asian island city state scored highest in all three of the survey's areas: mathematics, reading and science.
"These results suggest that, on average, Singaporean students are the equivalent of almost three to five years of schooling ahead of their peers," the report said.
Five other Asian education systems -- in Macao, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea -- came next in mathematics, and also scored near the top in reading and science.
But while Asia did well, other parts of the world declined, sparking an overall "unprecedented drop in performance", the report said.
https://www.barrons.com/news/asian-countries-score-high-in-key-education-survey-91ca3749
Singapore took top ranking in the latest assessment, which was carried out in 2022 and involved 690,000 students in 81 participating countries and economies.
The south-east Asian island city state scored highest in all three of the survey's areas: mathematics, reading and science.
"These results suggest that, on average, Singaporean students are the equivalent of almost three to five years of schooling ahead of their peers," the report said.
Five other Asian education systems -- in Macao, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea -- came next in mathematics, and also scored near the top in reading and science.
But while Asia did well, other parts of the world declined, sparking an overall "unprecedented drop in performance", the report said.
The true extent of damage to schools from Covid-19
https://www.ft.com/content/a6577905-19a6-4825-a0f4-b49843a6d75c
The pandemic had a highly disruptive effect on learning around the world, but in many cases also reinforced longer-term trends in attainment.
https://www.ft.com/content/a6577905-19a6-4825-a0f4-b49843a6d75c
The pandemic had a highly disruptive effect on learning around the world, but in many cases also reinforced longer-term trends in attainment.
OECD – PISA 2022 Reports:
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/pisa-2022-results-volume-i_53f23881-en
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/pisa-2022-results-volume-i_53f23881-en
