Teen reading slumps to worst this century due to surge in screen time

The ‌Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s 2025 test of 760,000 15-year-olds across 91 countries showed reading, mathematics and science scores at their lowest levels since data began to be collected in 2000.

Teenagers more accustomed to smartphones than Shakespeare are reading at the ​worst levels seen this century, driving a broader decline in education, a global student assessment found.