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NZ Teens Scored Strong in Key Subjects | Auckland News
New Zealand’s 15-year-olds scored impressively in PISA, landing ninth in reading, tied for tenth in science, and sharing 14th in math — solid but not elite. A worrying drop in boys’ reading scores is dragging down the national average, though the tested cohort may skew higher-performing than the general population. Reading scores edged down slightly but still beat the UK and Australia; science saw a small gain, math ticked up while global averages fell. New Zealand excelled in computational thinking, just behind Australia, and perseverance correlated with higher science scores — even if…
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