Students in Israel rank 39th out of 57 countries in scholastic performace, according to the results of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), an international exam administered in 2006. The results were released on Tuesday, the 47th day of the secondary school teachers’ strike.
On reading and mathematics exams specifically, the ranking fell to 40th place.
Finland, Hong Kong and Canada top the list, while Azerbaijan, Qatar and Kyrgyzstan hold the last three spots. In 2000, the last year in which Israel participated in the exam, it ranked 33rd out of 41 countries.
(Haaretz)
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I think this is referring to the results that were released last week, and they are very misleading. The breakdown- when separating the Jewish and Arab populations, has the Jewish population scoring equal to the eleventh place, and the Arab population is what drags the country’s score down drastically. I’m not giving an opinion on this, just clarifying the elements involved.