Slovakia: OECD PISA 2025 regional meeting concludes with official photo in Bratislava.

SHOTLIST: BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA (SEPT. 8, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF DELEGATES AND PARTICIPANTS POSING FOR OFFICIAL FAMILY PHOTO FOLLOWING PISA 2025 REGIONAL MEETINGBRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA - SEPT. 8: Delegates gathered in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Tuesday, September 8, for the 2025 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) Regional Meeting, hosted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Participants assembled for an official group photograph following discussions reviewing international educational standards, measurement frameworks, and regional evaluation metrics. Türkiye posted the strongest improvement among OECD countries across all three subjects in the PISA, raising its scores in science, reading, and mathematics despite declines in average performance across OECD countries and participating countries overall. The PISA 2025 results, administered by the OECD and released simultaneously worldwide, evaluate 15-year-old students enrolled in formal education in science, reading, and mathematics through an assessment done every three years. A total of 91 countries and economies took part in the 2025 cycle. Türkiye has participated in PISA since 2003. The 2025 assessment was done digitally between April 14 and May 16, 2025, with 7,702 Turkish students from 203 schools in 56 provinces across 12 regions taking part.