The picture of student performance in Europe is "really concerning", with a recent report showing young people are losing essential skills that are "particularly important for the times we live in", Andreas Schleicher, the founder of the OECD's renowned PISA tests, has told Euronews.
The results of the 2025 standardised test, taken by 15-year-olds across 91 countries, were released this week, and found that performance in reading and mathematics had reached record lows across OECD countries.
