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E Magazine Issue 10 January 2020

China Rules The Roost In PISA 2018

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eenagers from China’s wealthiest regions have outdone students in some of the richest countries of the world in an annual international test taken for reading, math and science. The results show that most 15-year-old Chinese students aced the test in all three categories, achieving the maximum highest level 4 rating. Majority of the students belonged to Beijing, Shanghai, and the eastern provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.The findings were reported following the results of the 2018 Program International Student Assessment (PISA), an international standardized testing that gauges the efficacy of education systems around the world. The test is conducted every three years by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a body of the world’s richest economies.Chinese students’ rise to the top meant that the previous test’s leader, Singapore, was pushed to the second spot. For years, Singapore’s education system has been ranked as one of best in the world, with its students regularly featured at the top of various global educational tests. However, the study said that the difference in Singapore’s scores compared to the four Chinese regions was not “statistically significantly different”.Students in the US were ranked at level 3 for reading and science, and level 2 for math. British teens achieved a level 3 ranking in all three categories.

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Indonesian Students Among Lowest Performers, PISA Report

The PISA Report for 2018 has placed the Indonesian students among the lowest performers in Southeast Asia. The test is conducted by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, (OECD) globally every three years to measure basic math skills, knowledge of science and reading abilities of 15-year-old students.

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US Students Lag Behind In PISA Test 2018

The report for the PISA Test 2018 is in, and it seems the United States and the United Kingdom have all suffered a slight educational blow, as countries like China and Estonia take the top spots.

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Canada Most Educated Country In the World, Says OECD Study

Canada clinched the number one spot for the most educated country in the world, leaving behind western peers, including the US, according to the latest Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) findings. The OECD study found that over 56 percent of Canadian adults had acquired some type of high school education, playing a pivotal role in the scholastic triumph of the country.

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Education Not Enough To End Income Inequality: OECD Social Mobility Report

For each year that a child spends in education, the gap between the rich and poor grows wider, according to a new OECD social mobility report. With a manifold increase in income inequality since 1990s, social mobility factors have stalled, meaning that fewer people at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder have moved up, the report findings state.