

Some of their findings weren’t all that surprising. The OECD provides a discussion of the PISA 2018 results focused on the Philippines. What gives? How come we ranked poorly? What does this say about the state of Philippine education? Notwithstanding PISA’s many imperfections, these are appalling outcomes for the Philippines. Among 79 participating countries or economies the Philippines ranked dead last in reading, and we ranked second last in both mathematics and science (beating only the Dominican Republic). Lo and behold, the results were rather dismal (Figure 1). It’s the first chance for our students to be compared with their global peers using this renowned benchmark.

Last year Filipino students participated in PISA for the first time ever. Primarily PISA “measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges.” Recently the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the results of the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).Ĭonducted every 3 years since 2000, PISA is one of the most famous student assessments worldwide, and certainly among the most influential in terms of research and policy. Send us feedback about these examples.We all have a sense there’s something wrong with the Philippine education system.

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'wake-up call.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. (FDIC) got a wake-up call that their oversight of middle-size banks has been dangerously lax. 2023 Most important, the Fed and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023 Texas is on an entirely different level than those teams and had a bit of a wake-up call against Penn State. 2023 Those efforts show the pandemic has been a wake-up call, Horowitz said. 2023 The persistence of that finding should be a wake-up call for employers already battling high turnover and labor shortages. 2023 The rising autism numbers presented by our CDC should be a wake-up call - there are a lot of us, and what’s truly increasing is the cost of ignoring our needs. 2023 Really, this is both your wake-up call and a call to action. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023 The film’s success, argues culture minister Claudia Roth, should be a wake-up call for an overly-restrictive and bureaucratic film funding system that privileges theatrical releases even as fewer and fewer Germans are watching movies in cinemas. Kate McGregor, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. Recent Examples on the Web Our editor noted that the delicate tinkling makes for a very pleasant wake-up call and adds a calming ambiance when hanging out in the backyard on a gently breezy day.
