“Madam, – In the Editorial, ‘Putting Ireland top of the class’ (April 25th), it was incorrectly stated 15-year-olds in Ireland achieved ‘only average in science’ in OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), administered in 2009. In fact, in all four PISA cycles to date, Irish students have performed significantly above the corresponding OECD average in science …” (more)
[Gerry Shiel, Irish Times, 28 April]