Slovak students improve in maths rankings

According the press department of the Slovak Ministry of Education, the ranking of Slovak students in the maths portion of the PISA performance exams has improved due to measures introduced to improve the quality of the Slovak education system. The ministry was speaking in response to criticism raised against it by opposition parties over the PISA ranking of Slovak students. According to the ministry, the Slovak education system has notably improved in its PISA rankings from below-average to average figures. "The coalition Progressive Slovakia-Together is denigrating the work of thousands of teachers, who have managed to improve steeply the ranking of our students in maths," it said. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study tests 15-year-old pupils' scholastic performance in mathematics, science and reading. It was first undertaken in 2000 and then held every three years. A total of 385 schools and 6,770 pupils participated in the testing in April 2018.