Students above OECD average for digital literacy

IRELAND has improved its grade when it comes to students’ ability to read computer-based text — but the level is behind that of a decade ago.

The report, published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), ranked Ireland eighth out of 19 countries that took part in the Digital Literacy Test, focussing on students’ ability to read emails and websites.

The score in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a marked improvement on a 2009 study that looked at traditional pencil-and-paper literacy tests.