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Japanese students top in mathematics skills: OECD survey.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 10-DEC-01
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOKYO, Dec. 4 Kyodo

Japanese senior high school students have come top in mathematics skills or ''mathematical literacy'' among students from 32 nations in a survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released Tuesday.

Japanese senior high school students also performed strongly in two other categories, ranking second in ''scientific literacy'' after South Korea and eighth in ''reading literacy.''

The result of ''the OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)...

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