Performance of Finnish students on wane: PISA

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The performance of Finnish students, however, remained above the OECD average. The average science score among students in Finland was 504 score points, well above the OECD average of 482 score points. Among the 91 participating countries and economies, students in Finland remained among the top performers.

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• The highest science score was recorded by Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang (BSJZ of China, with an average of 597 score points, followed by five other East Asian countries and economies.
• New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Switzerland and Ireland performed at a similar level to Finland.
• Fourteen countries and economies achieved a statistically significantly higher average score than Finland.
• Among the other Nordic countries, Sweden's reading score (466) was also above the OECD average, while Denmark (460), Norway (453) and Iceland (422) scored below it.
• Among students in Finland, the reading score fell by 16 points, matching the average decline across OECD countries.

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Students in Finland continued to outperform (474 points) the OECD average (461 points) in reading literacy. Compared with the previous assessment, average reading literacy deteriorated in 43 countries and economies and improved in nine. Finnish students scored an average of 469 points in mathematical literacy, remaining above the OECD av...

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Findings of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) showed that performance among students in Finland has continued to decline, said the Ministry of Education and Culture on Tuesday. Estonia, Canada and the United Kingdom also outperformed Finland.