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Teens Who Draft With AI Daily Score 28 Points Lower in Science

OECD-average PISA science scores by how often students use AI to draft writing. PISA 2025 15-year-olds across OECD countries, SES-adjusted science scores

Teens Who Draft With AI Daily Score 28 Points Lower in Science

Teens Who Draft With AI Daily Score 28 Points Lower in Science
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Why it matters: OECD’s PISA 2025 finds students who never or almost never use AI chatbots to draft writing assignments average 509 in science after SES adjustment, while daily or near-daily drafters average 481—a 28-point gap of about one and a half years of schooling, though the link is correlational.

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Source
OECD PISA
Unit
PISA science score (SES-adj.)
Data as of
December 31, 2025
Scope
PISA 2025 15-year-olds across OECD countries, SES-adjusted science scores