PremiumDerek ChengSenior Writer·NZ Herald·8 Sep, 2026 07:30 AM7 mins to readThe 2025 Pisa results showed New Zealand students, despite being at a lower level than in the 2000s, remained above the OECD average in reading, maths and science, and were particularly impressive at computational problem solving. Photo / 123RFThe post-Covid collapse in education has halted amid signs of a narrowing equity gap, as disadvantaged students improved at higher rates than their richer peers.
That’s according to New Zealand’s 2025 Pisa (Programme for International Student Assessment) results, released this evening, which is a benchmark for 15-year-olds in the
