EstonianresultsofPISA2015

MailisRepsMinisterofEducationandResearch

February 14,2017

vWhatcanwebehappyabout?

vWhatarethereasonsforconcern?

v Futureco-operationbetweenresearchersoftheregionaroundtheBalticSea.

Estonian basiceducationisthebestinEurope

v TeachersinEstoniaandtheEstonianschoolaredoingverygoodjob

v 9yearsand4PISAtestsshowstablygoodresults

v Estonianbasic education is atthetopinEuropeandamongthebestoftheworld

Areas for development

v Theresultsoftheboyshaveimproved,buttheyarestillweaker

v Teachingprofessionisnotattractive

v TheresultsoftheschoolswithRussianaslanguageofinstructionareaverageacrosstheOECDcountries,butweakerfromtheresultsoftheEstonianlanguageschools

Essentialpositivetrendsoflastdecade

v Gapbetweenreadingskillsofboysandgirls

v Dependenceonhomesocio-economicalbackground

v Readingskills

v Top-performers

v Shareofresilient

students

v Awarenessabout

futurecareer

v Enjoymentofstudying

science

ExcellenceandequityinEstonianeducation

xEquiy

vImpact on socialeconomical & culturalbackground 8%

vResilient students 48%

vLow performers 12%

TOP performers

vScience 13,5%

vReading 11,1%

vMaths 14,2%

Position

vScience 1./3.

vMaths 1.-2./9.

vReading 3./6.

Equalaccesstoeducation

Free:

v lunch

v textbooks

vmedicalcareandtransport

v hobby-activities

Riskgroupsaresupportedtoprovideequity

Needs-basedfundingv regionaldifferencesv needsforSENstudents

Freesupportsystemsv socialpedagoguesv psychologistsv speechtherapists,etc.

Estonianstudentsspendtimeforstudyingeffectively

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Students’truancyisnotacceptable

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Percentageofstudentswhoreportedskippingawholeschooldayatleastonceinthetwoweeks

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SchoolswithRussianlanguageofinstructionrequiremoreattention

544

527 526

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Science Reading Math

Estonianspeakingschools Russianspeakingschools

Meanscore

Furtherresearchideas:

v Maintainingeducationalsuccessv Studentwell-beingv ReasonsforperformancegapbetweenstudentswithEstonianand

Russianlanguageofinstructionschoolsv Digitaltools– plusesandminusesv Reasonsoftruancyv Benefitsofearlychildhoodeducationv Performancedifferencesbetweenschoolsandregionsv PISAandPIAAC

Learningfromneighbors andothercountries

Canada,Denmark,Estonia,HongKong(China)andMacao(China)achievehighlevelsofperformanceandequityineducationoutcomes.

OECD,2016

Thankyou!