Reading, maths and science scores in PISA, the world’s biggest international test of 15-year-olds, are falling. The downward trend started around 2012 and seems to be accelerating, particularly in reading. Here we explore some of the theories about what’s causing the decline.
00:00 Why are Gen Z’s test scores falling?
00:31 What the PISA test results measure
01:08 Is Covid to blame?
02:00 Did technology change learning?
02:37 The sharp decline in reading skills
03:24 How are screens in classrooms linked to test scores?
04:17 School tech use in Singapore is high, and so are PISA scores
04:28 Schools around the world use tech in different ways
04:55 The unanswered questions about Gen Z and tech
05:33 Do screens affect our attention spans?
06:02 Is this just a Gen Z issue?
06:23 The world is changing and there many factors involved
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