This article commits the ever present sin of not showing the absolute values in a graph thus presenting an image that is biased in support of its supposition. I

This article commits the ever present sin of not showing the absolute values in a graph thus presenting an image that is biased in support of its supposition. I will mention, to not completely throw the author under the bus, that I suspect they chose this format because OECD does this themselves! See Page 9. https://www.oecd.org/pisa/PISA%202022%20Insights%20and%20Interpretations.pdf https://www.oecd.org/pisa/PISA%202022%20Insights%20and%20Int... So if you just glance at it you can see science scores have dropped by 12 points between 2006 and 2022! That's terrible! Oh wait, but they dropped from 503 to 491... or less than 3%. For math scores the decline is 22 points! But it is from 502 to 480... or less than 5%. I should also point out that part of the article discussed survey results that showed more screen time was correlated to having lower scores but on Page 13 of the above OECD doc they have a graph showing higher math scores were correlated with school buildings being closed... How were those students learning if not remotely, on screens, all day? That being said, I think it's hard not to look at the statistic of 45% of students feeling anxious if they don't have their phone on them and not be worried about the mental health of the younger folks among us.