Science performance continues to be well above the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average and significantly higher than other countries with similar per capita income levels....
Albania has seen consistent and substantial improvements in all three subjects. Between 2009 and 2015, the increase in math and science is a little over one year of schooling and in reading to half a year...
Bulgaria has seen consistent improvements since 2006 in all three subjects. Between 2006 and 2015, the increase in reading and math is equivalent to about 30 points. Despite the positive trend, Bulgaria...
Poland’s performance in science, reading, and math decreased since 2012. The largest decline was in science, equivalent to almost one year of schooling; while the decline in reading and math is equivalent...
The Czech Republic saw a significant decline in both science and mathematics performance between 2006 and 2015. Reading performance remained constant over the same period. In science, students from the...
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) benchmarking tool to assess achievement and application of key knowledge and skills...
Overall performance in science, reading, and math lags behind ECA and OECD average. For reading and mathematics, more than three-quarters of students perform below basic proficiency. In science the gap...
Montenegro has consistently improved its performance in reading and mathematics since 2006; its performance in science remains stagnant. Nearly half of Montenegro’s students are not attaining basic proficiency...
Cyprus participated in Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) for the first time in 2012. In 2015, it performed below the average for ECA countries, and much lower than other countries with...
Greece maintained its performance in mathematics over time, but has seen downward trends in reading and science. The share of students scoring below basic proficiency levels in mathematics and science...
Overall performance in science and mathematics has declined since 2006. There is consistent increase in share of students scoring below basic proficiency for science and mathematics. Students who attended...
The upwards trend observed between 2000 and 2012 in science, reading, and mathematics have leveled off. The science performance gap between the top and bottom income groups exceeds the equivalent of two...
PISA is the OECD’s benchmarking tool to assess achievement and application of key knowledge and skills of 15 year-olds. Launched in 2000, PISA is conducted every three years and tests proficiency in mathematics,...
PISA is the OECD’s benchmarking tool to assess achievement and application of key knowledge and skills of 15 year-olds. PISA tests proficiency in mathematics, reading, science, and problem-solving. It...
The Slovak Republic has seen a substantial decline in science, reading, and math since its first participation in Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2003. Significant inequality in...
Romania’s performance has improved since 2006 in science, reading, and math, with a slight decline in 2012. Students with 2+ years of preschool score the equivalent of almost 1.5 years of schooling higher...
Georgia’s performance improved noticeably in science, reading, and math between 2009 and 2015 with the highest gain in science. There is a wide gap between the top and bottom income groups in science performance,...
This activity snapshot brief summarizes the Government of Cameroon, the World Bank and the IFC have conducted a feasibility study that seeks to improve the knowledge and understanding of the market opportunity...
PISA is the OECD's benchmarking tool to assess achievement and application of key knowledge and skills of 15 year-olds. Launched in 2000, PISA is conducted every three years and tests proficiency in mathematics,...
Albania has seen consistent and substantial improvements in science, reading, and math. Although the student level data were collected, they cannot be used to analyze comparisons by economic, social, and...
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