
The results of Swedish 15-year-olds in the Pisa test have fallen to the lowest level ever in both reading comprehension and mathematics, which is part of a broad international downward trend.
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Pisa är en internationell undersökning som genomförs av OECD var tredje år för att mäta 15-åringars kunskaper i läsförståelse, matematik och naturvetenskap. Sverige har deltagit sedan starten för 25 år sedan.
Swedish 15-year-olds' results in the Pisa survey continue to plummet. In both reading comprehension and mathematics, the results are now the lowest that Sweden has measured since Pisa started a quarter of a century ago.
At the same time, the decline is part of a broad international trend.
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The Swedish Pisa results are plummeting – the lowest level ever
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Swedish teacher Elinor Lorentzon discusses declining reading comprehension among upper secondary school students. She points to society's fast pace and screen time as contributing factors, and emphasizes the importance of reading routines to strengthen students' ability to handle complex texts.

Every third 15-year-old in Sweden does not reach the basic level in reading or mathematics. The debater believes that the problems are due to decades of educational experiments and weakened teacher authority, rather than digitalization alone.

The new Pisa results show that the Swedish 15-year-olds' skills in mathematics and reading comprehension have deteriorated since 2022, which means historically low levels. A third do not reach the basic level and the differences are increasing.

After new falling Pisa results, there is no single explanation for the difference from the previous decline. The Swedish National Agency for Education and the OECD point to, among other things, a lack of perseverance, deteriorating reading habits and digital media, while the Liberals' Simona Mohamsson speaks of a "screen pandemic".
Swedish ninth graders' skills in mathematics and reading comprehension have deteriorated, while science remains at low levels. The other Nordic countries also show historically low levels in the new Pisa survey.
The Riksdag school election 2024 runs parallel to the general elections and covers 1,700 schools in Sweden, an increase from 1,449 schools in 2022. The aim is to strengthen young people's knowledge of democratic processes. At Grillska high school in Eskilstuna, a classroom has been set up as a polling station, where students such as Linnéa Andersson and Nelly Åhlén, both 17 years old, have voted.