Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education

Brazil, like many developing countries, faces wide-ranging economic and social inequities and major challenges in education. Its constitution provides for mandatory free elementary education and sets a minimum to be spent on education of 25% of state and municipal revenues and 18% at the federal level. But high rates of grade repetition and dropout mean that many children make only limited progress. In PISA 2000, Brazil was the lowest performing country. More than half of its students ranked at Level One or below. Fewer than 1% scored at the top level.

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