Overview

• Niubó said that this year’s competency tests for 6th grade primary and 4th grade ESO students will fall short of expectations.
• The Catalan Education Department will release detailed results in about two weeks in a press conference.
• Last year’s tests recorded modest improvements in mathematics and science but English scores fell by nearly five points and Catalan declined in secondary assessments.
• A €130 million four-year framework targeting language and mathematics instruction is underway along with enhanced teacher training.
• International benchmarks such as PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS have placed Catalonia near the bottom of Spain’s regions.