OECD PISA Study Finds AI Use Linked to Lower Student Scores Overall

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A new OECD report based on global student data collected in 2025 found that students who use AI tools for studying generally perform worse than those who do not. The findings come from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which evaluates 15-year-olds across multiple countries in science, math, and reading. This marks the first PISA study conducted since AI tools became widely mainstream. However, the results are nuanced — certain types of AI use were associated with modest performance gains, particularly among students trained to critically evaluate AI outputs.

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