PISA Test Scores Highlight an Alarming Trend

Plunging test scores are a slow-moving catastrophe
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/09/10/plunging-test-scores-are-a-slow-moving-catastrophe
Machines are getting brighter. Teens are getting dimmer. Schools must act now.
 
Are teenagers growing dimmer?
https://www.economist.com/international/2026/09/08/are-teenagers-growing-dimmer
The latest global school tests reveal shocking new declines. 

PISA 2025: Students’ reading and mathematics performance declined sharply across the OECD
https://www.oecd.org/en/about/news/press-releases/2026/09/pisa-2025-students-reading-and-mathematics-performance-declined-sharply-across-the-oecd.html

U.S. Reading Scores Plummet on Global Exam
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/us/us-reading-test-scores-pisa.html
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.

PISA 2025 Report
https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/09/pisa-2025-results-volume-i_5265bfb1/73451bc5-en.pdf 

How to teach the next generation in the era of AI
https://www.ft.com/content/bb42e8fa-aa7e-4410-9f7b-42cd6115d8fb
The Pisa results sound the alarm on the disastrous impact of tech on our basic skills.