Germany’s secondary school students hardly improve at all in the tenth grade when it comes to applying mathematics, natural sciences and reading in everyday life according to a new study, "PISA Plus". The German PISA team retested the ninth-graders of the 2012 PISA study one year later.
The PISA test determines whether or not ninth-graders have acquired skills that they can apply in everyday life. One example of a test question in mathematics is calculating the floor space of a particular apartment. German students were above the international average in the 2012 PISA study , but were not in the vanguard. ...
