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Asian education systems lead the world as US reading scores near 25-year low

More analysis is due in 2027, the OECD said, with foreign language results in April and digital skills findings in May.

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Sep 28, 2026
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Education systems in Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and most participating Chinese jurisdictions ranked among the world’s 10 highest performers in science, math and reading on a global exam, while U.S. reading scores fell to near their weakest in 25 years.

The widening score gap

More than 760,000 15-year-olds sat the Programme for I…

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