Reading Skills of Dutch Youth Plummet Again: Gap with EU Average Wider than Ever
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The reading skills of 15-year-old Dutch students have once again declined sharply. This is evident from the latest OECD PISA study, published on Tuesday. The gap compared to the international average has never been this wide: nearly forty percent of Dutch students no longer reach the required basic level. This increases the risk that they will leave school with low literacy skills.
The reading skills of Dutch 15-year-olds are steadily deteriorating. The level continues to decline at the same rate as three years ago, which means...
Basic skills: The reading skills of Dutch fifteen-year-olds have declined again, the international PISA study shows. In mathematics and…
The reading skills of Dutch youth continue to decline. Nearly 40 percent of 15-year-olds cannot read well enough to keep up at school. This is evident from the international PISA study, which was conducted in 2025. The inadequate reading skills of a large proportion of 15-year-olds mean that they cannot read well enough to function in society. They risk leaving secondary school with low literacy. Reading skills have been declining for some time.…
Reading skills among Dutch young people have fallen sharply again. This is evident from the PISA study, which is conducted once every three years into the basic skills of 15-year-old students from dozens of countries. The level of science and mathematics remained almost the same. The most...
The reading skills of Dutch fifteen-year-olds have declined further over the past three years. 39 percent of them do not (yet) read well enough to participate successfully in society, according to the international PISA study published on Tuesday.
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