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Students in Asia Extend Lead over a Flagging US as AI Reshapes Education
This week, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development released its 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment, revealing a global decline in reading, science, and math performance among 15-year-olds.
High-School students across Asia are outpacing Western peers, with China, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea dominating top rankings, while US reading scores have fallen close to 25-year lows.
Data shows the proportion of 'hasty readers' nearly doubled between 2018 and 2025, while classroom digital distraction persists globally at 28% compared to under 10% in top-performing Asia nations.
A Stanford University study projects that improving basic PISA aptitude among Americans could add over $40 trillion to the US economy over their working lives, amid AI's reshaping of education.
OECD director for education and skills Andreas Schleicher warned that declining abilities to evaluate information and think critically are 'most troubling' in the AI age, as "our students are less likely to think deeply and separate signal from noise.