Nearly 80% Australian students say they ‘didn’t fully try’ in latest Pisa tests

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Exclusive: Unpublished OECD data on students’ motivation and sense of belonging at school calls into question validity of national rankings, experts say

More than three-quarters of Australian students say they didn’t fully try in the latest Pisa tests, unpublished data reveals, calling into question the real source behind a continued decline in rankings.

The Programme for International Student Assessment has measured the academic performance of 15-year-olds every three years since 2000, providing the most comprehensive international rankings in science, reading and mathematics.

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