PISA Skills

In 2022, the Ministry of Education announced its decision to adapt the middle school mathematics curriculum at all levels to align with the skills measured by the international PISA assessment. The foundation was asked to turn to its partners with a request that they make the learning materials they developed available to teachers and assist the Ministry of Education with their professional preparation.

A joint team, led by the Ministry, was established, and the University of Haifa was selected by the Ministry as the professional body to coordinate professional development processes. Together, a plan was formulated to complete the development and prepare thousands of teachers within four years, with a joint budget allocated to the project. Implementation activities began, but in the shadow of the war, the Ministry of Education slowed the progress. Now, however, they are resuming implementation.

Assuming the Ministry of Education will continue to determinedly and persistently lead and implement the project, the foundation will stand by its side and help as much as is necessary. From the foundation’s perspective, the measure of the joint effort’s success is for Israel to be included among the 15 excelling countries on the PISA assessment in mathematics in 2029.