PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) is a worldwide study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in member and non-member nations intended to evaluate educational systems by measuring 15-year-old school pupils' scholastic performance on mathematics, science, and reading.
Students from China came first in all 3 categories. China received 590 points in Science, 591 points in Mathematics, and 555 points in Reading. Singapore came second scoring 551,569, and 549. Hong Kong fell to 4th behind Macau with a score of 524 for Reading, 551 for Mathematics, and 517 for Science.
However, a note of caution on the Pisa scores was sounded by Nutsa Kobakhidze, assistant professor of comparative and international education at the University of Hong Kong.
“Governments should not view the rankings as a report card of their education systems because education is way more complex than what Pisa can measure,” she said. “They should resist pressures from the rankings and racing with each other to top the chart.”
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