X-Rays of Brazil in PISA (Program for International Student Assessment)

• 61% of Brazilian students are low-performing in Science. In the best cases, they are capable of providing obvious explications.

• In reading, 50% of the country’s students are below the basic proficiency level, which means that, at most, they are capable of recognizing the main idea of a text or the thesis of an author. The mean score in reading for girls is higher than that for boys by 31 points.

• 67.1% of the students are low-performing in Mathematics. In the best case scenario, they can extract information from a single source and use basic algorithms or formulas to solve problems. The average score of boys is superior to that of girls by 18 points.

• 1.9% of Brazilian students who live under disadvantaged socioeconomic conditions can overcome them and their performance in school is higher than expected.

Disponível em: <http://blogs.iadb.org/education/2013/12/05/how-can-brazil-improve-itsperformance- in-pisa/>. Acesso em: mar. 2017. Adaptado.