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> In the Netherlands, the scores marked a historic low point, setting troubling new records in reading literacy, where a record 39% of 15-year-olds now lack the basic skills required to navigate modern society, evaluate the credibility of sources or process multi-page texts

theguardian.comEuropean education powerhouses rocked by falling scores in global studyFrance and Germany among countries with low Pisa scores, which show how well 15-year-olds use school learning in life

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Peter Josyph

@peterjosyph.bsky.social

20 Sept

PISA itself does not score well in my book. Of course screentime kids are reading fewer books now, but when you report for the GUARDIAN you ought to at least question the report you’re reporting on. Here’s an alternate take on PISA: nepc.colorado.edu/blog/pisa-il...

nepc.colorado.eduYong Zhao: The PISA IllusionPISA is a masterful magician. It has successfully created an illusion of education quality and marketed it to the world. In 2018, 79 countries took part in this magic show out of the belief that this ...

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ

@olivia.science

20 Sept

I would hope that's obvious, but yeah, good to underline, and indeed: > The claim that PISA measures knowledge and skills essential for the modern society or the future world is not based on any empirical evidence.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ

@olivia.science

19 Sept

> While the UK bucked the trend, results on the continent continued a slide that began in 2018. In France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland, the proportion of 15-year-olds lacking basic functional literacy and maths skills rose to nearly one in three.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ

@olivia.science

19 Sept

> In a context where the use of artificial intelligence is on the rise, solving problems using computational tools and practices is a fundamental skill. Across education systems, these practices are increasingly embedded within “traditional” academic domains. *sigh*

oecd.orgStudent performance in PISA 2025: PISA 2025 Results (Volume I)The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2025 evaluates what students know and can do in science, reading, mathematics and computational problem-solving, assessing how effectivel...

Subtle Anime Apparels

@devilscrush.bsky.social

19 Sept

The cognition of children being offered up to the twin altars of AI and ignoring covid would drive me to despair if I didn’t have this big unhealthy mental block that stops my brain thinking about it

Ryan

@radicalbyte.bsky.social

20 Sept

I don't think that this is AI, it looks far more like Tiktok, YouTube Shorts and all those Facebook and their other apps (Instagram or something, the one all the stupid people use)