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The OECD released its 2025 Program for International Student Assessment results Tuesday, based on tests taken by about 760,000 15-year-olds across 91 countries and economies, representing roughly 33 million students in that age group.

The OECD released its 2025 Program for International Student Assessment results Tuesday, based on tests taken by about 760,000 15-year-olds across 91 countries and economies, representing roughly 33 million students in that age group.

Reading recorded the steepest decline of the three core subjects, with average scores across OECD members falling 28 points between 2015 and 2025 and 16 points elsewhere. Math scores dropped 22 points across the OECD and eight points elsewhere.

Reading recorded the steepest decline of the three core subjects, with average scores across OECD members falling 28 points between 2015 and 2025 and 16 points elsewhere. Math scores dropped 22 points across the OECD and eight points elsewhere.

The OECD said the share of "hasty readers" — students who rush through texts and answer quickly but incorrectly — nearly doubled between 2018 and 2025, rising from about 7% to 11%.

The OECD said the share of "hasty readers" — students who rush through texts and answer quickly but incorrectly — nearly doubled between 2018 and 2025, rising from about 7% to 11%.

U.S. reading scores fell 14 points from 2022, matching the average decline across OECD countries. Education Secretary Linda McMahon cited the results in calling for a "hard reset" of the system and expanded school choice.

U.S. reading scores fell 14 points from 2022, matching the average decline across OECD countries. Education Secretary Linda McMahon cited the results in calling for a "hard reset" of the system and expanded school choice.

Singapore posted the highest reading score at 535, while participating Chinese jurisdictions led math with 612. Singapore also ranked second in math, science and a new computational problem-solving section.

Singapore posted the highest reading score at 535, while participating Chinese jurisdictions led math with 612. Singapore also ranked second in math, science and a new computational problem-solving section.

Germany recorded its worst PISA results since joining in 2000, with reading falling 15 points and math 11 points since 2022. Education Minister Karin Prien called the findings "alarming."

Germany recorded its worst PISA results since joining in 2000, with reading falling 15 points and math 11 points since 2022. Education Minister Karin Prien called the findings "alarming."

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England's 15-year-olds held steady in reading, ranking behind only Singapore, Taiwan and the Chinese jurisdictions, while Israel lost 38 points in reading, 25 in math and 23 in science compared with 2022.

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England's 15-year-olds held steady in reading, ranking behind only Singapore, Taiwan and the Chinese jurisdictions, while Israel lost 38 points in reading, 25 in math and 23 in science compared with 2022.

Poland scored above EU and OECD averages in all three subjects, while eight EU states including Spain, Greece and Bulgaria scored below average. Education International linked declines to teacher shortages and AI reliance.

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Poland scored above EU and OECD averages in all three subjects, while eight EU states including Spain, Greece and Bulgaria scored below average. Education International linked declines to teacher shortages and AI reliance.

The reading collapse started long before lockdowns or smartphones, so blaming screens is a dodge. Decades of teaching reading as a bag of generic skills — skim, scan, find the main idea — trained kids to treat texts as interchangeable substrate, and the result is a generation of hasty readers guessing their way through. England's phonics and knowledge-rich reforms held the line while neighbors slid, which shows content and sustained reading matter more than strategy drills.

The reading collapse started long before lockdowns or smartphones, so blaming screens is a dodge. Decades of teaching reading as a bag of generic skills — skim, scan, find the main idea — trained kids to treat texts as interchangeable substrate, and the result is a generation of hasty readers guessing their way through. England's phonics and knowledge-rich reforms held the line while neighbors slid, which shows content and sustained reading matter more than strategy drills.

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Kids are drowning in digital distraction while adults hand them chatbots instead of teachers. Students who skip AI for schoolwork outscore those who lean on it, more than one in four report classmates distracted by devices in most science lessons and four in ten sit in schools where principals say missing staff hinders instruction. Fully funded public schools with small classes and well-supported teachers, not another gadget, are what reverse this slide.

Kids are drowning in digital distraction while adults hand them chatbots instead of teachers. Students who skip AI for schoolwork outscore those who lean on it, more than one in four report classmates distracted by devices in most science lessons and four in ten sit in schools where principals say missing staff hinders instruction. Fully funded public schools with small classes and well-supported teachers, not another gadget, are what reverse this slide.

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Screens and AI chatbots wrecked reading by turning 15-year-olds into hasty, inaccurate scanners instead of careful thinkers. Dumping AI writing tools into homework destroys the ability to evaluate evidence and hold attention through complex texts. This literacy collapse will drag down future workers and entire economies unless classrooms put effort and deep reading back ahead of gadgets.

Screens and AI chatbots wrecked reading by turning 15-year-olds into hasty, inaccurate scanners instead of careful thinkers. Dumping AI writing tools into homework destroys the ability to evaluate evidence and hold attention through complex texts. This literacy collapse will drag down future workers and entire economies unless classrooms put effort and deep reading back ahead of gadgets.

Teacher shortages and starved public budgets hollowed out classrooms and sent reading off a cliff. Peddling AI as a classroom savior just lets kids farm out thinking to a bot while trained teachers stay missing from classrooms. Well-trained teachers in small classes with real support will make literacy climb again.

Teacher shortages and starved public budgets hollowed out classrooms and sent reading off a cliff. Peddling AI as a classroom savior just lets kids farm out thinking to a bot while trained teachers stay missing from classrooms. Well-trained teachers in small classes with real support will make literacy climb again.

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