30% of students in disadvantaged schools have poor levels of maths and science – report

Almost a quarter of students in disadvantaged schools have poor reading levels, compared to one-tenth in other schools.

The finding is part of a new report by the Educational Research Centre which has looked at students’ reading, maths and science levels from 2018.

Overall, Irish students ranked fourth out of 36 OECD countries for reading and 16th out of 37 OECD countries for maths.

Co-author of the report, Dr Lorraine Gilleece, says the gap has narrowed in the past decade but more needs to be done to help disadvantaged students.

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