The results are in for the OECD’s latest global test of 15-year-olds in math, science, and reading. The test, known as PISA (for Programme for International Student Assessment), is administered every three years and used—by some—to measure which countries are best preparing their students for the future.

Once again, Asian countries came out on top. In the latest test, China and Singapore ranked first and second, respectively, in math, science, and reading. Elsewhere, Estonia is noteworthy for its performance, ranking highly in all three subjects.

Mainland China is measured by taking an average of four provinces: Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. Some argue that “China” shouldn’t be represented by just a few eastern regions, but the OECD says that each of them is comparable in size to many Western countries, and have a combined population of over 180 million. (Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan also appear separately in the rankings.)

What’s more, in the four provinces of mainland China that participated in the study, the 10% most disadvantaged students showed better reading skills than the most advantaged students in some countries, and better performance than the average student in OECD countries.

The OECD is trying to change the test to be about more than academics, in part to encourage countries to view education beyond traditional subjects. In the latest test, it assessed global competency, asking students to express how they relate to others and what they think of their lives and their future; in the next test, in 2021, it will assess creative thinking.

It also regularly asks students questions about their wellbeing, including measures of belonging and life satisfaction.

Results from the latest wellbeing study are concerning. Across OECD countries, only about two-thirds of students said that they were satisfied with their lives, a share that shrank by five percentage points between 2015 and 2018. Almost a quarter of students reported being bullied at least a few times a month and 6% reported always feeling sad. In almost every education system, girls expressed a greater fear of failure than boys, even when they outperformed boys in reading by a large margin.

The OECD says the point of PISA is to help education systems improve by offering data and transparency. “The aim with PISA was not to create another layer of top-down accountability, but to help schools and policy makers shift from looking upwards within the bureaucracy towards looking outwards to the next teacher, the next school, the next country,” wrote Andreas Schleicher in the report with the latest batch of test results.

But PISA has its detractors, including those who believe it tries to do too much, that it distorts what is important, and creates an arms race in education. In 2014, more than 100 academics around the world called for a moratorium on PISA testing, citing the problem Schleicher claims he wants to fix: An over-reliance on testing and a tendency to recommend simple solutions for complex problems. They wrote:

''The new Pisa regime, with its continuous cycle of global testing, harms our children and impoverishes our classrooms, as it inevitably involves more and longer batteries of multiple-choice testing, more scripted ‘vendor’-made lessons, and less autonomy for teachers.''

Angel Gurría, secretary-general of the OECD, disagrees. “PISA is not only the world’s most comprehensive and reliable indicator of students’ capabilities, it is also a powerful tool that countries and economies can use to fine-tune their education policies,” he wrote in the report.



https://qz.com/1759506/pisa-2018-results-th...s-in-the-world/

moment of truth when uruguay also rank higher than malaysia

The Biter Suarez

janji atas dari indonesia

Only for reading. Maths and science, My is higher.

wow you so bangala about beating uruguay only in maths and science

Try lumba basikal lajak maybe our student can become champion.

caina n sg many tiger mom keep kids in line. u no got A ggnore

This post has been edited by poooky: Dec 3 2019, 08:09 PM

pisa tinggie boleh masok syurgor? kalau tabuli takpe

Malaysians... why are we so... 🙊

Bangga? I merely referring to the stat la.

malaysia jin kanasai sia

still got farktards want to say they are street smart... how to be street smart when reading, math, science, etc all kanasai pui?

Janji not last place so when we voice out to KPM they have excuse to compare with the bottom rung countries. Kasut hitam dah beli? Dah latih tulisan khat?

This post has been edited by quintesson: Dec 4 2019, 02:29 AM

Most of malaysia's teachers suck so.......

He was commenting on Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s statement on introducing to schools a teaching method using video recordings by selected teachers,

“We try to ease teaching because not all teachers are the same. What we want is to benefit from the good teachers, record their lessons and it would be shared with teachers in other schools. These teachers will then guide and explain to their students,” said Dr Mahathir.
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/09/...cing-e-learning

Also BN: BM > STEM.
Pas: Islam > STEM.

Deswai I said , syok sendiri too much

If u guise ever go outside only Jew know how big world is

we level south America.. but bola kenot folo.. aiya..

Sarahan mazlee owai

this

Chinese students far out-stripped peers in every other country in survey of reading, math and science ability, underscoring a reserve of future economic strength and the struggle of advanced economies to keep up.

The OECD’s triennial study of 15 year-old students across the world found that the four Chinese provinces tested -- Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang -- outperformed in science and mathematics, even if household income is well below members’ average. In reading, the 10% most disadvantaged Chinese students tested had better skills than the OECD average.



"The quality of their schools today will feed into the strength of their economies tomorrow,” OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria said.

The PISA study of 600,000 students in 79 countries shines a light on the difficultly of improving education, sometimes irrespective of the resources that are dedicated to it. That appears to be particularly problematic for OECD countries that have increased spending on primary and secondary students by more than 15% in the past decade.

"It is disappointing that most OECD countries saw virtually no improvement in the performance of their students since PISA was first conducted in 2000,” Gurria said.

The report also highlights disparities in educational achievement depending on socio-economic background. In some countries, even where government spending on education is high, the background of a student still plays a significant role in their educational outcomes.


Multi-race in Chinese School!

On average, 12% of the variation in student reading performance within each country was associated with socio-economic status. In several European countries, including France and Germany, that measure rises above 17%. - Bloomberg


Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/20...rudMD90KkHsZ.99

This post has been edited by SapuraM: Dec 4 2019, 04:09 PM