Ideb 2025 Reaches Highest Level Since 2005 but Later Grades and High School Fall Short

Overview

• The Ministry of Education and Inep published the Ideb 2025 results on Wednesday, August 5, showing the best national scores in the index's series but clear shortfalls in the years‑final (6º–9º) and high‑school stages.
• Much of the national gain came from improved student flow — higher approval and lower repetition and abandonment — rather than uniform rises in test proficiency, leaving high‑school math still below pre‑pandemic levels.
• The federal government announced individualized technical assistance for the 442 municipalities with Ideb under 5 and said it will present revised, learning‑focused targets aligned with the new PNE by October 2026.
• States show wide variation: Paraná and Ceará lead national rankings while Bahia marked its fourth consecutive Ensino Médio gain to 3.8 after large recent investments, and several states and capitals remain well below desired proficiency.
• Analysts and civil‑society groups welcomed the progress but urged modernizing Saeb and Ideb to measure deeper skills, noting that faster recovery in approval rates now lets policy shift toward boosting real learning and narrowing regional gaps.