58.4% of São Paulo students don't know Math

08.03.2012

A study released today by government organization Saresp (Educational Achievement Evaluation System of São Paulo) showed that 58.4% of students leaving high school in São Paulo state have an understanding of math that falls below what is considered basic knowledge.

The study looked at students from the fifth to ninth grades in elementary school and those in their last year of high school, but it was the high school students who were below par when it came . Although results showed only a slight increase compared to 2010's outcome (57.7%), the data indicate that the situation is far from ideal.

Of the high school students evaluated, 4.2% of students had knowledge considered adequate in math, while only 1% of those students achieved an advanced level, meaning their evaluations were better than Saresp expected.