20 minutes: Portuguese students' performance worsened again and falls back to 2006 levels
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20 minutes: Portuguese students' performance worsened again and falls back to 2006 levels

SIC Notícias8 September 2026 at 14:55

The performance of Portuguese students worsened again and fell back to the levels recorded in 2006, both in mathematics and reading. This regression represents a setback of about 20 years in the country's school results.

A recent report from the largest international education assessment revealed that the progress achieved by Portugal until 2015 was completely reversed. The data indicates a significant deterioration in the performance indicators of Portuguese students.

This negative trend places Portugal in an unfavorable position compared to other participating countries in the assessment, evidencing a crisis in the national educational system that deserves immediate attention from the responsible authorities.

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