Increasing numbers of UK schoolchildren are choosing to read in their spare time, with six in 10 having a favourite work of fiction, research suggests.
PISA måler kunnskap i matematikk, naturfag og lesing i skolen. Det finnes andre målinger for andre fag, trivsel, grad av demokrati og meget annet. Men det er PISA som har dominert norsk skoledebatt, skriver Dag Hareide, medlem i utvalget som utredet formålsparagraf i skolen.
Singapore topped the OECD's recent ranking of students' basic education skills in 76 countries. Asian countries comprised all top five spots in the ranking, with Hong Kong placing second followed by South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
As the World Education Forum opens, Nicaragua, with its high figures for school dropout and child labour, offers an insight into the barriers to education.