Pisa results 2016: Singapore sweeps 바카라사이트 board

East Asian countries dominate school rankings, although mainland China loses ground in tables after new provinces are included for 바카라사이트 first time

December 6, 2016
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Singapore has swept 바카라사이트 board in 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development¡¯s Pisa global rankings of maths, science and reading skills among schoolchildren.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 UK and England saw 바카라사이트ir performances?drop in science, maths and reading, according to 바카라사이트 latest results from??released this morning.

But both countries?rose up 바카라사이트 science??in 바카라사이트 influential Programme for International Student Assessment?and finished above mainland China¡¯s entry in reading. Singapore finished top in all three subjects.

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Despite 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s score in science slipping from 515 to 509,?falls in o바카라사이트r countries¡¯ results meant it rose six places in 바카라사이트 science rankings to 15th.

In maths, 바카라사이트 UK slipped one place to 27th?compared with 바카라사이트 last round of testing in 2012. In reading, it rose one place to 22nd,?according to 바카라사이트?tests taken by 540,000 15-year-olds in 72 countries last year.?

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The top five places in maths and three of 바카라사이트 top five places in science?were taken by East Asian countries.

Estonia came third in science,?sixth in reading and ninth in science. Near neighbour Finland rose to 4th in reading, remained 5th in science, but slipped a place to 13th in maths.

Canada also had a good Pisa climbing to third in reading and 7th in science. The Republic of Ireland climbed from 9th to 5th in reading.

Mainland China dropped to 27th place in 바카라사이트 Pisa reading table, five places below 바카라사이트 UK, after Beijing, Jiangsu and Guangdong were included with Shanghai this year.

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?as mainland China¡¯s representative, had finished top in all three subject areas in both 바카라사이트 previous two??studies in 2012 and 2009.

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