Researcher João Marôco, a specialist in Education statistics, considered that the decline in Portuguese students' results in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) was predictable. The specialist warns that the decline in Portuguese students' performance will continue to worsen if there are no changes in education policy.
Marôco argues that a set of structural changes in the education system is necessary to reverse this trend. Among the measures he considers most priority, the researcher points to the reintroduction of national exams in the 4th and 6th grades.
This position comes in the context of the publication of the PISA results, which revealed a worsening of the academic performance of Portuguese students compared to previous assessments. The specialist maintains that the current situation is the result of education policies implemented in recent years.
