Japanese students climb to 3rd in OECD ranking of reading ability

Japanese students ranked third in their ability to use reading skills to solve real-life problems in an international learning assessment test in 2022, climbing significantly from 15th in 2018, a global survey showed Tuesday.In the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's computer-based test of 15-year-olds in 81 countries and economies, Japan also advanced from the previous survey to second from fifth in science and from sixth to fifth in mathematics.With the latest survey targeting students affected by the coronavirus pandemic, a Japanese education ministry official analyze…READ FULL ARTICLE