The latest global study of education performance across more than eighty countries reveals Scotland has maintained its international standing.
The 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study shows that in Scotland performance in reading was above the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) average, with results in maths and science in line with the average.
These results reflect the cohort of young people who experienced unprecedented disruption to their education as a result of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The PISA 2022 results for Scotland show:
- reading performance was above the OECD average and higher than 24 other countries
- maths was similar to the OECD average
- science performance was similar to the OECD average
