Our kids top of the world in reading and maths

Our 10- and 11-year-old children are holding their own among the best in the world when it comes to reading.

Ireland is part of a small set of high-achieving countries, as measured by the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (Pirls) of 2021.

Pirls is one of a number of reports showing that the overall performance of primary pupils in reading and maths has remained stable in the face of school closures during Covid in 2020 and 2021. e ve-yearly Pirls assessment covered 57 countries and

Comparisons with the outcomes of a range of similar tests in 2014 and 2016 show no statistical di erences in achievement levels between those years and 2021.