A teacher wearing a face mask visits her classroom while learners are at home attending online classes or answering modules to continue their education amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first year that the Philippines participated in the Program for International Student Assessment, results showed that 15-year-old Filipino students ranked last in reading among 77 countries who joined the assessment. PHOTO BY RUY MARTINEZ
Data scientists from the De La Salle University (DLSU) have used machine learning (ML) to analyze factors that affect student performance using data on reading results from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2018.
In the first year that the Philippines had participated in PISA, results showed that 15-year-old Filipino students ranked last in reading among 77 countries who joined the assessment.