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Argentina's 2013 School Cohort: Only 10% Finish Secondary on Time With Expected Learning

Experts tie the drop to pandemic-era math setbacks that hit this cohort even as more students progressed on schedule.

Eel informe de Argentinos por la Educación se basó, entre otras fuentes, en los resultados de las pruebas Aprender
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Overview

  • Argentinos por la Educación’s new Index of School Results shows 10 of every 100 students who began primary school in 2013 finished secondary in 2024 on time and with satisfactory results in language and math.
  • On-time progression improved to 63% reaching the final year without repeating, up from 61% in the 2011–2022 cohort and 53% in 2009–2020.
  • Aprender data indicate divergent trends: students at satisfactory or above rose in language to 74% in 2024 (from 70% in 2022) but fell in math to 23% (from 30%), a national decline of 5.5 percentage points.
  • Outcomes vary sharply by jurisdiction, with CABA at 23%, Tierra del Fuego and Córdoba at 13%, Santa Fe at 10%, and the lowest rates in Chaco (3%) and in Santiago del Estero, Misiones and Catamarca (4%).
  • Researchers and educators link results to socioeconomic disparities and the pandemic’s impact on math, and note that detailed Aprender 2024 microdata are pending a government virtual data portal slated for public access in October.