Japanese students rank among top in 2025 OECD test despite score declines

Japanese students were among the top scorers in reading, science and math in an international learning assessment conducted in 2025, despite their average scores falling in all three categories, a global survey showed Wednesday.In the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's test taken by more than 760,000 15-year-olds in 91 countries and economies, Japan ranked top among the 38 OECD members, whose average scores for the three subjects declined.Japan slipped to fifth place in science, down from second in the previous test in 2022. The country dropped from third to fourth in r…READ FULL ARTICLE