PISA 2022 Results Are In
Image Courtesy of Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, Report for 2022 Well the PISA results were announced yesterday and they sure didn't disappoint, in terms of, er, disappointment! We've been sounding the alarm bells for over a decade now, and boy oh boy...we're in freefall mode out here on the Left Coast. Last year’s assessment focused on mathematics, although it also assessed Reading & Science. Here are a few highlights on British Columbia’s math performance: Since 2003, academic achievement has declined from a high of 538 points, to an abysmal 497 points last year (2022). According to PISA , a 20 point drop is equivalent to a loss of a full year of learning. So today’s students, despite skyrocketing education budgets, more teachers, and smaller class sizes, are fully 2 years behind those students taking math class 20 years ago. That is shocking! Level 2 indicates students are barely functionally numerate. Lev
