Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Reading And Maths Scores Fall Across Rich Nations
A report says that students in some wealthy countries are getting lower scores in reading and maths.
The report also studied how students use artificial intelligence for learning.
About 46 percent of students in OECD countries said they use AI chatbots at least once a week for schoolwork.
Using an AI chatbot does not automatically mean a student will do better.
Students who were taught how to check whether AI information was good tended to perform better.
Students who used AI often but received no such lessons tended to perform worse.
This suggests that learning how to judge AI answers may be important.
The report does not specify in the provided information which countries experienced the score declines.
Reading and mathematics scores fell sharply across some of the world’s richest nations, according to a report.
The findings examined students’ use of artificial intelligence.
Around 46 percent of OECD students said they use AI chatbots weekly or more for learning.
Students taught to assess the quality of AI-generated information tended to perform better.
Frequent AI chatbot users without such guidance tended to perform worse than those receiving guidance.
- Who
- Students in some wealthy nations and OECD students.
- What
- A report found sharp falls in reading and mathematics scores and examined students’ use of AI chatbots for learning.
- Where
- Some of the world’s richest nations and OECD countries.
- Why
- The provided information does not establish why scores fell; it indicates that students taught to assess AI-generated information tended to perform better.
- Subjects affected
- Reading and mathematics
- AI chatbot use
- Around 46 percent of OECD students reported using AI chatbots weekly or more for learning.
- AI guidance
- Students taught to assess the quality of AI-generated information tended to perform better.
- Unguided use
- Frequent users who received no guidance tended to perform worse.
- Countries
- The report covers some of the world’s richest nations, but the provided information does not name them.