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Mexico ranks among the three lowest-performing PISA countries as IMCO warns of downward trend

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Mexico’s 2022 PISA scores in mathematics, reading and science fell from 2018 levels, placing it among the three lowest-performing OECD countries on average.
  • Mathematics fell to 395 points, reading to 415 and science to 410 in 2022, with all three measures declining from 2018.
  • The Mexican Institute for Competitiveness published the historical assessment ahead of the release of the 2025 PISA results on Sept. 8.

Mexico entered PISA 2022 with lower results in mathematics, reading comprehension and science than in 2018. The country ranked among the three OECD members with the lowest average performance, the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness, or IMCO, said in a post on X.

The institute’s chart, based on OECD data from 2003 to 2022, shows that gains recorded in earlier editions did not last. Mathematics recorded the sharpest decline at the end of the series, while reading comprehension has fallen in every assessment since 2009.

Mexico’s mathematics score recovered between 2003 and 2009, then declined in 2012 and 2015. After a slight rebound in 2018, it fell to 395 points in 2022, the lowest level shown for the period beginning in 2003.

Mexico’s PISA results show a downward trend.

· Mexican Institute for CompetitivenessThe statement appeared as the headline of IMCO’s chart summarizing Mexico’s historical PISA performance.

Reading comprehension reached its highest point in 2009 and then declined in every subsequent assessment, reaching 415 points in 2022. It remained Mexico’s strongest subject in that edition, but still fell below the levels recorded in 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018.

Science followed a different path. Its performance fluctuated moderately between 2006 and 2015, improved in 2018 and then dropped to 410 points in 2022. IMCO published the historical comparison before the release of the 2025 PISA results, scheduled for Sept. 8, asking how Mexico would perform in the new assessment.

How will Mexico perform in the PISA tests?

· Mexican Institute for CompetitivenessIMCO posed the question ahead of the publication of the 2025 results.
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