Reading declines concentrated in long passages, pointing to eroding attention spans
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-08
Continuing the OECD thread: the reading-score decline is particularly pronounced in longer reading passages, which the author says is consistent with students having increasing difficulty sustaining attention — supporting the attention-erosion mechanism behind the global literacy drop.
Related event: OECD PISA Report: Global Reading Skills Fall Nearly Two School Years(5 posts)→
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