A UNESCO skill test revealed a worrying educational crisis in Latin America, with three out of four students lacking basic proficiency in mathematics and 57% struggling with science. The Program for ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A decline in U.S. 15-year-olds' mathematics literacy, according to the ...

This global assessment measures how well 15-year-olds do when solving real-world problems in math, reading, and science. Says Ed Secretary Duncan: The results must serve as a "wake-up call." The ...

This paper investigates differences between male and female student performance on multiple-choice (MC) versus constructed-response (CR) items used on the large-scale math and reading PISA tests. The ...

Have you ever wondered how countries compare when it comes to their education systems? That’s where the PISA Test comes in. PISA, or the Programme for International Student Assessment, is a worldwide ...

A new study has suggested that American students do much better on tests when they've been bribed to try harder, while students in other countries may not respond in the same way. An international ...

Conventional wisdom is that top U.S. students fare well compared to their peers across the globe. According to this line of reasoning, the US doesn’t make it on the list of the top 25 countries in ...