In the first PISA study after the CoV pandemic, results largely deteriorated compared to previous OECD-wide surveys. In Austria, performance in the area of mathematics fell significantly, the losses in reading were not statistically significant – results in the area of natural sciences remained practically stable.
Around 690,000 students aged 15 to 16 across the world were tested for PISA 2022; in Austria, around 6,200 young people from more than 300 schools participated.
Natural sciences: equal values
In the main test area of mathematics, the OECD average value fell from 489 points (2018) to 472. In Austria the value fell from 499 to 487 points and was therefore significantly above the OECD average.
The drops in reading were less pronounced: the OECD average fell from 487 (2018) to 476 points, which, according to the OECD, corresponds to around half a year of learning. The decline in Austria was significantly smaller – in this country, young people now reached 480 points, after 484 points in 2018.
Values in the natural sciences have remained largely the same. The OECD average fell four, statistically insignificant, points from 489 to 485 points. In Austria, young people scored 491 points, after 490 points in 2018.
Singapore with the best results
Internationally, Singapore has by far the best scores in all test areas (mathematics: 575 points, reading: 543, natural sciences: 561), followed by Japan and South Korea, and the European champion is Estonia.