PISA on alert, student results in Europe fall - OECD: Math and reading at the lowest level in a decade
The results of the international PISA test show a sharp decline in the skills of 15-year-old students in mathematics and reading. The latest OECD report shows that average performance in member countries has reached its lowest levels on record.
The most pronounced decline has been in reading, where the average score has fallen by 28 points between 2015 and 2025. Experts link this trend to increased screen time, the use of digital devices, and the decline in reading for pleasure.
In the European Union, Spain, Croatia, Luxembourg, Malta, Greece, Romania, Cyprus and Bulgaria have results below the OECD average in reading, mathematics and science. At the top are Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic.
According to the OECD, it is worrying that the very skills that will be most important in the era of artificial intelligence, such as evaluating information, connecting different sources, and critical thinking, are being weakened.
Another factor is the excessive use of phones and digital devices. More than a quarter of students in high-income countries say their peers are distracted by devices during most science lessons.
But the report emphasizes that technology is not necessarily negative. Students who use it for learning for about two to three hours a day have better results, while performance declines when use exceeds this level.
Parental involvement also turns out to be crucial. Students who say a family member asks about school at least once a week scored about 35 points higher on the science test, the equivalent of more than a year and a half of instruction.
In Europe, several governments have promised concrete measures. France and Spain have set a focus on improving reading and maths, while the Netherlands is set to unveil a new plan to halt the decline in basic skills.
The latest test was conducted among more than 760,000 teenagers in dozens of countries. The highest scores were recorded in China, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
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