The province’s Ministry of Education released the results of the Prisma tests that were taken in December 2021 to some 17,000 students at the primary and secondary levels, third grade and third year. The results are negative in both areas for the two subjects evaluated, which are mathematics and language.

If we talk about the primary level, in Language and Literature 73% of 3rd grade students had performance levels Featured (47%) and Expected (26%). An 6% stood at the level 1A close to expected and a 21% very low achievements. In the case of Maththe 72% of the students had levels of Outstanding (43%) and Expected (29%) performance. An 16% stood at the level 1 A close to expected and 13% had very low achievement. Compared to the evaluations of the year 2019, both subjects showed a negative variation of -2% and -1% respectively.

As for the secondary level Language and Literature 66% of the 3rd year students had performance levels Featured (35%) Y Expected (31%). An 8% stood at the level 1A close to expected and 26% had very low achievement.

In case of Math is the most worrying since only 20% of the students high schools had performance levels Featured (9%) and Expected (11%). An 19% stood at the level 1 A close to expected and a 61% had very low achievement.

Prisma tests: in two years the knowledge of mathematics and language declined markedly • Channel C
Level 3: Refers to students who have achieved outstanding achievements for that grade/year, their learning is significant; Level 2: Refers to students who have achieved what is expected for that grade/year; Level 1A: Refers to students who achieve learning very close to what is expected for the grade/year; Level 1B: Refers to students who achieve learning and content below what is expected for the grade/year.