The DfE has just published (December 2023) the The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report which compares results for 15-year-old pupils in England with countries around the world. In the introduction, the report notes that (for England’s results):
higher performing pupils may be overrepresented in the final sample and some of the PISA results may therefore be somewhat higher than they might otherwise be
PISA 2022: National Report for England Research report, December 2023, Jenni Ingram, Jamie Stiff, Stuart Cadwallader, Gabriel Lee & Heather Kayton: University of Oxford
The main findings for are:
- Average performance in mathematics and reading had significantly declined
across the OECD since 2018. England’s scores for mathematics and reading had
also declined significantly since 2018 but remained significantly above the OECD
average in each case. - For science, England’s performance in 2022 was not significantly different to 2018,
and this was also the case for average performance across the OECD countries.
England’s average score in 2022 was significantly lower than in 2015 but remains
significantly above the OECD average. - As with previous PISA cycles, the highest performing education systems tended to
be in East Asia, with Singapore significantly outperforming all other education
systems in all subjects. Japan, Taiwan, Macao and South Korea were also among
the top performing systems for all three subject domains. - England’s average score in PISA was significantly higher than that of Northern
Ireland, Scotland and Wales for both mathematics and science. For reading,
England’s average score was significantly higher than those of Northern Ireland
and Wales, but not Scotland.
The full report can be downloaded using the link below.
dsga.org.uk 