olds rank first for reading in EU
Ireland's 15-year-olds rank among the top performers in the EU for reading, science, and mathematics, despite experiencing a slight decline compared to previous cycles. The study highlights that Ireland has a lower proportion of low-performing students compared to the OECD average.
Why it matters
Ireland's strong performance relative to its peers suggests that educational investment is yielding high-quality outcomes, though the decline in scores remains a point of concern.
Ireland's 15-year-olds have ranked first for reading, third for science and fourth for mathematics out of the 27 EU countries, in a major international educational study.
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) measures how well a cohort of 15-year-old students are doing in the three core domains of reading, mathematics and science.
The study is conducted every four years, with the next cycle due in 2029.
Students in Ireland also rated above the EU and OECD averages in computational problem solving. However, overall the report revealed that Irish students' performance in reading and mathematics is lower than in previous cycles of the study.
In terms of PISA scores, declines were observed across all three core domains in the OECD and EU. Ireland also experienced such declines but to a lesser extent than the OECD or EU.
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