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Results from PISA 2025 were released on September 8, 2026.
Eighty-three countries and eight economies took part in PISA 2025. More than 760,000 15-year-old students, including approximately 24,600 Canadian students, were tested on their skills and knowledge in three core learning areas: science, reading, and mathematics.
The major focus of PISA 2025 was science, while reading and mathematics were tested as minor domains, and learning in the digital world (computational problem-solving) as an innovative domain.
Science was assessed through the following four subscales:
- three science competency subscales (explain phenomena scientifically; construct and evaluate designs for scientific inquiry, and interpret scientific data and evidence critically; and research, evaluate, and use scientific information for decision-making and action); and
- one environmental science subscale.
As part of the assessment, students and their school principals also completed questionnaires to provide contextual information on the performance results. The context questionnaires measured:
- student background;
- student beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours;
- teaching practices and learning opportunities;
- school practices and learning opportunities;
- school policies and infrastructure; and,
- governance, system-level policies, and practices.
Canada is releasing its own companion report to the OECD report to provide further information on student performance in the three core domains at the provincial level. Results are compared to other participating countries and economies, and across Canadian provinces.
Canada’s participation in PISA 2025 was made possible through close collaboration between CMEC and Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC).
Further information about PISA can be found on the OECD website.
PISA 2025 assessment and analytical frameworks are available at:
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2026/05/pisa-2025-assessment-and-analytical-framework_3abce6d6.html.
Sample test questions can be accessed at:
https://pisa-framework.oecd.org/science-2025/can_eng/ and at http://www.oecd.org/pisa/test/.