Then, why do they score less than every European nation in science and math standardized tests? In PISA, if you exclude reading and writing language, in science and math, they're at par with middle eastern nations.
Then, why do they score less than every European nation in science and math standardized tests? In PISA, if you exclude reading and writing language, in science and math, they're at par with middle eastern nations.
Ireland's ranked 2 in reading and 11 in Science and Maths respectively out of 80 countries, with nearly every country ahead of them being East Asian. 18 countries are between Ireland and the average OECD score for Maths and Science and 23 for Reading. Ireland's last six rankings for Maths are : 18 - 18 - 30 - 21 - 20 - 12 ; with the last 4 results in Science being 19 - 13 - 18 - 19 ; last 4 results from Reading being 5 - 6 - 19 - 6 - 6 - 5. So if we take the older scores in Maths and Science only [averaging around 20], Ireland would still be around European countries and above the average. Turkey's the highest scoring middle eastern nation and ranks around the 35-40 range.
Then, why do they score less than every European nation in science and math standardized tests? In PISA, if you exclude reading and writing language, in science and math, they're at par with middle eastern nations.
Ireland's ranked 2 in reading and 11 in Science and Maths respectively out of 80 countries, with nearly every country ahead of them being East Asian. 18 countries are between Ireland and the average OECD score for Maths and Science and 23 for Reading. Ireland's last six rankings for Maths are : 18 - 18 - 30 - 21 - 20 - 12 ; with the last 4 results in Science being 19 - 13 - 18 - 19 ; last 4 results from Reading being 5 - 6 - 19 - 6 - 6 - 5. So if we take the older scores in Maths and Science only [averaging around 20], Ireland would still be around European countries and above the average. Turkey's the highest scoring middle eastern nation and ranks around the 35-40 range.
Ireland scores amongst the highest in maths and science too, 200 points above Middle Eastern nations. Are you reading fiction?