The Education Minister believes improving attendance is one reason for the narrowing achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students. 

PISA results find it's narrowed in the last four years, largely because disadvantaged students performed better. 

It also shows New Zealand students remain above the OECD average across all three subjects, ranking ninth in reading, tenth in science, and 16th in mathematics. 

Education Minister Erica Stanford told Mike Hosking attendance is vitally important. 

She says when PISA was last done in the Covid year of 2022, attendance was around 39%, compared to this year where it's 64.3%. 

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The Education Minister believes improving attendance is one reason for the narrowing achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students.&nbsp;
PISA results find it's narrowed in the last four years, largely because disadvantaged students performed better.&nbsp;
It also shows New Zealand students remain above the OECD average across all three subjects, ranking ninth in reading, tenth in science, and 16th in mathematics.&nbsp;
Education Minister Erica Stanford told Mike Hosking attendance is vitally important.&nbsp;
She says when PISA was last done in the Covid year of 2022, attendance was around 39%, compared to this year where it's 64.3%.&nbsp;
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Erica Stanford: Education Minister on PISA results stabilising, reading, science, and math results sitting above OECD average

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