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Early Grades Improve as High‑School Math Collapses in Brazil

The Todos Pela Educação analysis finds recent recovery concentrated in 5th grade and warns the current pace of progress makes PNE 2036 targets unlikely without rapid, targeted remediation in secondary math.

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Overview

  • The Todos Pela Educação study, which published Thursday, analyzed Saeb/Inep results and found only 8.5% of public high‑school students reached an 'adequate' level in mathematics in 2025 while 58.6% were below the basic level.
  • Gains over the past 20 years are concentrated in early elementary years, with 60.7% of 5th‑year students at adequate levels in Portuguese and 50.6% in mathematics in 2025.
  • Progress weakens as students advance: 9th‑year adequate rates fell to 38.3% in Portuguese and 18.8% in mathematics, and high‑school math has shown nearly stagnant improvement since 2005.
  • All states raised 5th‑year adequate learning between 2023 and 2025 but later‑stage gains vary widely by state and municipality, and rising high‑school completion to about 70% by age 19 has broadened the graduate cohort.
  • The study urges robust local diagnostics, focused remediation and priority support for mathematics because the current trajectory is insufficient to meet PNE learning targets and leaves many young people unprepared for further study or work.