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Girls and students from disadvantaged backgrounds were less likely to report high levels of life satisfaction than boys and students from advantaged backgrounds.

The results show that academic excellence is not a prerequisite for excellence in creative thinking. However, a minimum level of proficiency in one area complements proficiency in the other.

Screen Time Management: How to Protect and Empower Students Against Distractions

Creative thinking, or related terms such as innovation, are included in the curricula of nearly all education systems participating in PISA 2022. They are mentioned most frequently in the arts and language courses.

The correlation between reading speed and reading literacy is particularly strong among students living in multilingual environments

Student performance in environmental sciences did not improve between 2006 and 2015 in most of the countries/economies participating in PISA

A growth mindset is associated with a greater increase in scores for girls (+3 points), students from disadvantaged backgrounds (+12 points), and immigrant students (+9 points) compared to boys, students from privileged backgrounds, and non-immigrant students.

In all OECD countries and in nearly all countries/economies that participated in PISA 2018, students from disadvantaged schools, on average, had more limited access at home to a quiet place to study, a computer for schoolwork, and an internet connection than students from advantaged schools.

On average, across OECD countries, students felt more comfortable in collaborative learning environments than in competitive ones.

Girls scored just five points lower than boys in math on the 2018 PISA assessment, on average across OECD countries, and outperformed boys by two points in science.

In 13 countries/economies, including the high-performing countries of Finland
and Norway, girls significantly outperformed boys in mathematics.