NZ Teens Scored Strong in Key Subjects | Auckland News

New Zealand’s 15-year-olds scored impressively in PISA, landing ninth in reading, tied for tenth in science, and sharing 14th in math — solid but not elite. A worrying drop in boys’ reading scores is dragging down the national average, though the tested cohort may skew higher-performing than the general population. Reading scores edged down slightly but still beat the UK and Australia; science saw a small gain, math ticked up while global averages fell. New Zealand excelled in computational thinking, just behind Australia, and perseverance correlated with higher science scores — even if students didn’t rate themselves as persistent. Boys outperformed girls in math, but the gender gap widened in reading as boys’ scores declined. Students also struggled more with complex texts and multi-source questions. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/48b00ee5ef104317