Does a Drop in PISA Scores Mean that Education Has Failed?
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What major tests get wrong about Indigenous students - Education Review
We’ve just received the results of the latest PISA test – the international assessment of 15-year-olds’ science, maths and reading skills. In Australia, the reporting followed a script that will be familiar to anyone who keeps an eye on what happens in schools and academic results. Indigenous students were compared to non-Indigenous students and found to be 72 points behind non-Indigenous students in science, 76 behind in reading and 74 points b…
More than 760,000 15-year-old students from 91 countries and economies participated in the test, the largest ever. For Australia, the results don't look good. Australian students scored an average of 509 in science, 491 in reading, and 478 in mathematics. Reading dropped by 7 points from 2022, and mathematics by about 9 points, both reaching their lowest levels since Australia began participating in PISA. Looking at a longer timeframe, Australia…
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