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Disappointing results for Spanish school pupils in the PISA tests in science, maths and reading
ALFONSO TORICES
...results can only be described as mediocre. These tests, which take place every three years, aim to evaluate educational systems in different countries by comparing pupils' knowledge of maths, science and reading comprehension, and their ability to ... average for the most advanced countries. In fact, the OECD has only published the Spanish results in maths and science, because some of the pupils presented such"anomalies" in the answers to the reading tests that it affected the overall result for the ... distance behind the national average. In 2009 there was a difference of 19 points for science, which reduced to ten points in 2012, rose again to 20 in 2015 and is now still 12 points lower. With regard to maths, the marks for pupils in Andalucía were