Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 June 2014
227. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of 15 year old students performing at or below level 1 in PISA reading literacy and numeracy tests during each of the past five years. [25321/14]
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 17.2% of Irish students performed at or below level 1- in mathematics 20.9% of Irish students performed at or below level 1.
In PISA 2012:- in print reading 9.7% of Irish students performed at or below level 1- in mathematics 16.9% of Irish students performed at or below level 1.
