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Teen Reading Levels Slump to Worst This Century
- On Tuesday, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development released its Programme for International Student Assessment , showing reading, mathematics, and science scores for 15-year-olds at their lowest levels since data collection began in 2000.
- Reading scores dropped to 466, down from a 2012 high of 501, as OECD head Mathias Cormann warned that increased screen time and less reading for pleasure are linked to weaker results.
- Digital distraction impacts science scores in 59 of 82 education systems studied, while students using artificial intelligence chatbots for learning generally score about 20 points lower in science, equivalent to one year of education.
- East Asia dominated the rankings, with cities in China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan leading, while Britain and Estonia were the only countries outside the region to make the top 10.
- Cormann noted students spend 3.4 hours daily on leisure digital devices, warning of "hasty reading" where students rush through text and give quick wrong answers.
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Result is attributed to the increase in screen time, but report does not endorse the prohibition of smartphones in schools. Read on Power360.
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