Teen reading slumps to worst this century due to surge in screen time

"We're ⁠also seeing more hasty reading, students rushing through a text and giving a quick wrong answer." - By Leigh Thomas

• Hindered by falling reading standards, average teenage science and maths skills were also ​at their ​lowest this century.

 Science fell from a 2009 high ​of 506 on the index to 486, while ‌maths was down from 502 to 469 in the same period.

• East Asia was the best-performing region. 
• Chinese cities that participated in the test, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan had the best educational systems...