Students using AI completed tasks 48% more successfully. Yet when AI was removed, their scores dropped 17%. The OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026 reveals the two faces of generative AI in education.
The OECD Education Policy Outlook 2025 warns that student achievement has stagnated or declined across many advanced economies. Education was already in crisis before AI arrived. The report identifies four critical life moments that hold the key to change.
After analyzing 230 policies across 35 education systems, the OECD's Education Policy Outlook 2025 reaches an uncomfortable conclusion: adult learning participation has barely moved in decades, while literacy and numeracy skills are actually declining.
According to the OECD's Education at a Glance 2025, published in September 2025, university enrollment is at record highs while adult literacy and numeracy skills are stagnating or declining. We unpack the paradox between credentials and real-world ability.
The OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026 has been released. We unpack what it reveals about how AI is changing education — and why educational design matters far more than simply adopting technology.