Canada beats the U.S. in ranking of best countries to get an education
Rating by an international independent organization.
Quality and accessibility of education are indicators of an attractive and developed country. To assess its level, there is the International Program for the Evaluation of Students' Educational Achievement or PISA, i.e. authoritative educational rating.
It is compiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international economic organization of developed countries that recognize the principles of representative democracy and free market economies. In their new ranking for 2022, Canada beat the United States to become the best educated country in North America.
The best of the best
In 2022, students from 81 countries took a series of tests to assess and compare national averages in education. The tests are usually administered every three years, but the pandemic caused a delay and these results were particularly welcome.
So, the first place went to Singapore, where students showed the best results in math, science and reading, scoring 560 points on its own PISA system. Next in the top 5 are Macau, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
European countries performed worse than usual this time around. Researchers believe this is due to long-term and systemic problems, such as lack of support from teachers and resources.
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