PISA in Focus
Are the students happy? PISA 2015 Results: Student Well-Being
Girls and students from disadvantaged backgrounds were less likely to report high levels of life satisfaction than boys and students from advantaged backgrounds….
New PISA Results on Creative Thinking: Can Students Think Outside the Box?
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
Screen Time Management: How to Protect and Empower Students Against Distractions…
How do education systems incorporate creative thinking into schools?
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…
What can we learn from the PISA reading fluency test?
The correlation between reading speed and reading literacy is particularly strong among students living in multilingual environments…
Are students ready to tackle environmental challenges?
Student performance in environmental sciences did not improve between 2006 and 2015 in most of the countries/economies participating in PISA…
Can a growth mindset help students from disadvantaged backgrounds bridge the gap?
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…
Were schools equipped to teach—and were students ready to learn—remotely?
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…
Do students learn in collaborative or competitive environments?
On average, across OECD countries, students felt more comfortable in collaborative learning environments than in competitive ones….
Do boys and girls have similar attitudes toward competition and failure?
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,…
