Singapore tops latest OECD PISA global education survey

Singapore outperforms the rest of the world in the OECD’s PISA 2015 survey which was published on the 6 December 2016. PISA evaluates the quality, equity and efficiency of school systems. The top OECD countries were Japan, Estonia, Finland and Canada.

The OECD’s PISA 2015 tested around 540,000 15-year-old students in 72 countries and economies on science, reading, maths and collaborative problem-solving. The main focus was on science, an increasingly important part of today’s economy and society.

• Primary Source

OECD: PISA: Programme for International Student Assessment https://www.oecd.org/pisa/

The Economist, 06.12.16: Culture or policy? What the world can learn from the latest PISA test results http://www.economist.com/news/international/21711247-reforming-education-slow-and-hard-eminently-possible-what-world-can-learn

The Conversation, 06.12.16: PISA results: four reasons why East Asia continues to top the leaderboard https://theconversation.com/pisa-results-four-reasons-why-east-asia-continues-to-top-the-leaderboard-69951

EUObserver, 07.12.16: Estonia and Finland have best EU science teaching https://euobserver.com/education/136177

Euro|Topics: Debates, December 2016: What can Europe learn from the Pisa study? http://www.eurotopics.net/en/170809/what-can-europe-learn-from-the-pisa-study

---