Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of 15 year old students performing at or above level 4 in PISA reading literacy and numeracy tests during each of the past five years. [25320/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The OECD's PISA assessment is carried out on a three year cycle. In the past five years there have been two assessment rounds - PISA 2009 and PISA 2012.

In PISA 2009:- in print reading 28.9% of Irish students performed at or above level 4- in mathematics 26.1% of Irish students performed at or above level 4.

In PISA 2012:- in print reading 37.4% of Irish students performed at or above level 4- in mathematics 31% of Irish students performed at or above level 4.

Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of 15 year old students performing at or below level 1 in PISA reading literacy and numeracy tests during each of the past five years. [25321/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The OECD's PISA assessment is carried out on a three year cycle. In the past five years there have been two assessment rounds - PISA 2009 and PISA 2012.

In PISA 2009:- in print reading 17.2% of Irish students performed at or below level 1- in mathematics 20.9% of Irish students performed at or below level 1.

In PISA 2012:- in print reading 9.7% of Irish students performed at or below level 1- in mathematics 16.9% of Irish students performed at or below level 1.