OREANDA-NEWS. December 11, 2013. According to freshly released 2012 PISA test results, Estonian pupils rank eleventh in the world in math and reading skills, and tie for fourth to seventh place in natural sciences with Japan, South Korea and Finland.

Organized by OECD, the PISA tests are conducted every three years, assessing the skills of 15-year-old pupils in 65 nations.

Estonia improved on its 2009 scores, when the nation was ranked 13th in reading, 17th in math and ninth in science.

Asian nations picked up the first seven places in math, the topic most highlighted by the report, followed by five European nations, including Estonia and Finland. Latvia was 28th, Lithuania 37th.