Monitor Toolbox
EU-level target areas
Basic skills
“The share of underachievement in reading, mathematics and science should be less than 15% by 2030.”
Main indicator
- Underachievement in basic skills, measuring the share of 15-year-old students (attending educational institutions in grade 7 of compulsory education or higher) who do not reach level 2 on the proficiency scale in the respective domain (reading, mathematics, or science). OECD PISA
- Top performance in basic skills, measuring the share of 15-year-old students who reach level 5 or higher on the proficiency scale in the respective domain (reading, mathematics, or science). OECD PISA
A closer look
- The main indicator on underachievement in basic skills is broken down by sex. OECD PISA
- The main indicator on top performance in basic skills is also broken down by sex. OECD PISA
Other key competences
- Multilingualism, measuring the self-reported number of other languages known and proficiency level of the best-known and second best-known additional language reported by young people.EU ADULT EDUCATION SURVEY
- Civic knowledge, measuring the share of students in their eighth year of schooling performing at or above the level B threshold on the civic knowledge scale. IEA ICCS
Further reading
- European Commission 2024 comparative analysis of the PISA 2022 results.
- European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice 2023 report on key competences at school.
- European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice 2023 report on recommended annual instruction time.
- EENEE 2021 report on quality of school life and student outcomes.
Archived indicators
- Share of classes devoted to each subject, measuring the country average share of language, mathematics, and science classes. OECD PISA
- Multilingualism, measuring the percentage of students by number of foreign languages studied in primary and secondary education and which foreign languages are studied. UOE ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
- Citizenship, measuring young people’s attitudes and behaviours with respect to politics, engagement in political and civic activities, barriers, sources of information on social issues, and perceived veracity of different sources.YOUTH SURVEY 2021
- Entrepreneurship, measuring the extent to which training in creating or managing SMEs is incorporated within the education and training system (primary and secondary education). GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MONITOR