About PISA
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines what students know in reading, mathematics and science, and what they can do with what they know. It provides the most comprehensive and rigorous international assessment of student learning outcomes to date.
Results from PISA indicate the quality and equity of learning outcomes attained around the world, and allow educators and policy makers to learn from the policies and practices applied in other countries.
PISA assesses the cumulative outcomes of education and learning at a point at which most children are still enrolled in formal education: the age of 15.
Introduction
The results of the PISA 2018 study have been published on December 3rd, 2019. Reading was the main subject assessed in PISA 2018 as reading proficiency is essential for a wide variety of human activities – from following instructions in a manual; to finding out the who, what, when, where and why of an event; to communicating with others for a specific purpose or transaction.
Highlights from PISA 2018 – Reading
China (represented by Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang) and Singapore scored significantly higher in reading than all other countries/ economies and are ranked #1 and #2 for reading proficiency.
Estonia, Canada, Finland and Ireland were the highest‑performing OECD countries in reading and ranked #4, #5, #6 and #7 respectively.
Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines scored significantly below the OECD average and were respectively ranked #56, #59, #66, #72 and #77 out of the 77 countries listed in the final report for comparison of performance.
Detailed results for PISA 2018 – Reading
Mean score in Reading
Source: OECD, PISA 2018 Database, Tables I.B1.10, I.B1.11, I.B1.12, I.B1.26 and I.B1.27.
OECD PISA 2018 – How is South-East Asia / ASEAN faring?
Part 1 – Reading
Part 2 – Mathematics
Part 3 – Science
Final – What is next?
References
OECD PISA reports: click here
OECD PISA 2018 Volume I – What Students know and can do: click here
OECD (2019), PISA 2018 Results (Volume I): What Students Know and Can Do, PISA, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/5f07c754-en.
Some press articles after the publication of PISA 2018 results
1. China: click here
2. Singapore: click here
3. Malaysia: click here
4. Indonesia: click here
5. Thailand: click here
6. Philippines: click here
7. Brunei: click here
8. Vietnam: click here
Bruno Gillot 