Students above OECD average for digital literacy [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 29 June 2011
IRELAND has improved its grade when it comes to students’ ability to read computer-based text — but the level is behind that of a decade ago
The report, published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), ranked Ireland eighth out of 19 countries that took part in the Digital Literacy Test, focussing on students’ ability to read emails and websites.
The score in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a marked improvement on a 2009 study that looked at traditional pencil-and-paper literacy tests.
Ireland’s average score in the most recent test was 509, some 13 points higher than in the 2009 test, but still lower than the 527 points scored in a similar test in 2000.
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