Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 June 2014
226. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of 15 year old students performing at or above level 4 in PISA reading literacy and numeracy tests during each of the past five years. [25320/14]
View answerThe OECD's PISA assessment is carried out on a three year cycle. In the past five years there have been two assessment rounds - PISA 2009 and PISA 2012.
In PISA 2009:- in print reading 28.9% of Irish students performed at or above level 4- in mathematics 26.1% of Irish students performed at or above level 4.
In PISA 2012:- in print reading 37.4% of Irish students performed at or above level 4- in mathematics 31% of Irish students performed at or above level 4.
