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Tom Richmond
@Tom_Richmond
Founder and director of the @EDSKthinktank. Former teacher and government advisor. I tweet about education and skills stuff.
May 16, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
So the #PIRLS2021 survey of #literacy scores around the world is out, and England has ended up in 4th place - up from 8th in the last PIRLS survey in 2016.

Not bad, eh? Ahead of Finland - often lauded as the country to emulate.

Actually, we really need to talk about Finland.... Image I've lost count of the number of gushing articles about Finland's education system and how 'if only we were more like Finland, everything would be better'.

See here: theguardian.com/education/2016…

And here: theguardian.com/education/2019…

But maybe things aren't so great there after all.