Wales has consistently had lower results on average in reading, maths and science than in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland in the PISA assessments.
The Welsh government has made it one of its top priorities to improve its performance and has met with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which administers PISA, to get advice on how it can do better.
Wales education secretary Kirsty Williams has commissioned the OECD to look at the strategies the Welsh government has put in place since the last report, and to assess whether the education reforms are “on track”.
The OECD will then give feedback on the appropriateness of the strategies and the progress made with them.
PISA assesses how far students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills that are essential for full participation in society.
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