Overview
- The OECD’s PISA 2025 assessment shows about seven in ten Mexican 15-year-olds fail to reach basic level in mathematics and roughly half fall below basic in reading and science.
- Scores have declined since 2018 with math falling from 409 to 388 and reading from 420 to 408, a drop commentators link to policy shifts under the Morena governments and the Nueva Escuela Mexicana.
- Federal officials have questioned the test’s scope and limits while opinion writers argue the government must accept political responsibility for reforms that changed teacher evaluation and curricula.
- Digital monitoring found a polarized public reaction, with 39% of online mentions blaming 4T policies and 21% disputing PISA figures or their interpretation.
- Analysts warn that entrenched inequality and low social mobility make national diagnostics insufficient by themselves and call for translating PISA data into clear, school-by-school expectations that parents, teachers and authorities can act on.