Canadian Students Rank 9th in World for Math Despite Scores Plummeting 15 Points

Published on December 6, 2023

Canadian high school students ranked among the top 10 countries on an international math and reading test despite scores declining sharply in both subjects over the past 20 years, according to a new global report. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) latest study tested the math, reading, and science knowledge and skills last year of 15-year-old students at 867 schools from every province in Canada. The results of the Programme for International Student Assessment—better known as the PISA test—revealed that Canadian students scored higher than the OECD average in mathematics, reading, and science. Canada scored ninth overall in math and was the only country in North America to make the study’s top 10. Canada also scored sixth in reading and seventh in science....

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