PISA Test results.

Whilst recently Browsing the web and talking about the Educational systems in various countries across the world, I decided that I would like to look into the PISA Test Results and to see where Wales and are placed on the scales. PISA Tests are basically the results of how well children are doing in their core subjects in schools and this is then placed on a scale to see if they are reaching the average goal for achievement. It is possible to say that it was quite shocking after looking at these results because Wales was seen not even to be in the top 20 countries and are not achieving as well as they should be, Countries that are a lot poorer and have less money to spend on educational tools are still achieving higher results where I found difficult to understand why this could be, As massive investments have been made in schools and the results did not shift. After thinking about this I think it is possible that more training could possible be done in schools and pupils should be given more challenging and meaningful activities. Many pupils in secondary schools Believe that there is no reason to want to learn as there are minimum jobs and hard to find work so they feel its not really needed. I think That if children want to learn and feel the reason for it then they will become more involved in activities of learning.

Below is a table showing where various countries are at on the scale according the mathematical development scores.

 

 

Pisa test results UK[Online] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25187997[Accessed 03 February 2014]