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Argentina’s Aprender 2025 Shows Big Gains in Reading, Modest Progress in Math

The split results signal a need for expanded teacher training with targeted math support for low‑performing provinces.

Overview

  • The national Aprender 2025 results, released on Sunday, July 5, 2026, show 76.9% of sixth graders reached satisfactory or advanced levels in Lengua, up 10.5 points since 2023, while 55% did so in Matemática, a 3.5 point rise.
  • The assessment covered most schools nationwide with 19,414 schools participating and 631,366 sixth‑grade students answering the test, providing disaggregated data by province, school type, and socioeconomic status.
  • Provincial results vary sharply: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires led both subjects, Catamarca and Salta recorded some of the largest gains in Lengua, and provinces such as Chaco and several in the north remain far behind in Matemática.
  • The data reveal deep equity gaps between private and state schools and by income level, with private students outperforming state students by large margins in both Lengua and Matemática.
  • Officials credited long‑term literacy programs and local teacher training for reading gains but the Aprender report warns the pandemic‑affected cohort prevents direct attribution to a single policy, prompting calls to scale math-focused training and targeted supports.