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Is Canada really an education ‘superpower’? The evidence is not as clear-cut as you might think

By Blog Editor, IOE Digital, on 19 November 2019

19 November 2019

By John Jerrim

When the PISA results are released every three years it is now little surprise when a set of east Asian nations (e.g. Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea) dominate the top spots in the rankings.

These nations typically substantially outperform most English-speaking western nations, with one important exception – Canada.

This is illustrated by the table below, which shows the top 20 countries in terms of average scores in reading, science and mathematics.

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