But the PISA results don’t offer clear recommendations on which math approaches are most effective. Even Japan, one of the top performing nations, has a mixed approach. Takahashi says that students ...

The PISA survey has adopted a computer-based question-and-answer format since the 2015 survey. The previous two tests saw Japan drop in its reading ranking, with one of the factors for the drop ...

Of the 81 participating countries and regions, Japan ranked second in science, third in reading and fifth in mathematics, all up from the nation’s standing in the previous survey. The PISA study ...

And only a few countries — Singapore, Japan, South Korea ... In a surprising result, the PISA test did not find a growing gap in math and reading between the highest and lowest U.S. performers ...

PISA also analyzes how students think mathematically ... Overall, low-performing countries were also the most math anxious, though Japan and three Chinese education systems also showed high ...

Singapore is top again (a score of 543), followed by Ireland and Japan (516). Wales is ranked between Slovenia and the Netherlands. The Pisa results for science saw the average score in Wales drop ...