Reading Skills of Dutch 15-Year-Olds Significantly Decline: Almost 40 Percent Can't Read Well

Reading Skills of Dutch 15-Year-Olds Significantly Decline: Almost 40 Percent Can't Read Well

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Article

de reading skills van Dutch teenagers hebben further deteriorated.

Recent research reveals dat nearly 40 percent van 15-year-olds cannot read wel enough aan perform adequately in school.

dit shocking figure emerges van de international PISA study van 2025.

de PISA study, dat every three aan four years examines de skills van 15-year-olds worldwide in reading, science, en mathematics, shows dat een significant number van young people struggle met reading aan de necessary level 2, required voor full societal participation.

Ongoing Decline in Reading Skills voor years we hebben zien dat Dutch teenagers score lower in reading.

In 2003, 15-year-olds performed beter dan de European average, but developments hebben been negative since dan.

de 2018 edition al revealed dat een quarter van de young people did niet meet de standards.

Four years later, dit number hebben increased, en currently, het applies aan almost 39 percent van de youth.

Differences Within Europe Although een decline in reading skills zijn ook visible in ander European countries, Dutch 15-year-olds perform onder average compared aan peers in economically en socially comparable EU countries.

Only in Greece zijn de level lower dan in de Netherlands.

de Reading Coalition en ander involved organizations call de situation "worrying" en urge voor broader reading promotion.

Action Plan van de State Secretary State Secretary van Education, Culture, en Science, Judith Tielen, emphasizes de importance van zijn kunnen read wel en announces dat improvements zijn zijn werken op.

“We hebben started met nieuw learning goals voor de Dutch language subject dat zijn meer concrete en ambitious,” zeggen Tielen.

She zullen soon present een action plan aan improve basic skills, especially in de area van language.

While reading skills decline, scores in mathematics en science remain stable, although Dutch students report enjoying science minder dan their European peers.

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