Overview
- The provincial presentation on Monday reported results from an October 2025 reading test that reached about 52,000 second graders with roughly 97–98% coverage across public and private schools.
- Key outcomes include a 10.3% drop in students at the critical reading level, a 22.6% rise in those who read well or fluently, and a rise in average correct words per minute from 43.2 to 50.3 toward the international benchmark of about 55.
- Targeted remedial work reached 11,505 students, with officials reporting that 83% increased the number of words read correctly and 59% moved up at least one reading level.
- Attendance strongly predicts reading outcomes: students with more than 20 absences showed a roughly 47% critical reading rate versus about 26% for those with fewer than 20 absences, and the province plans to allocate resources to find and support high-absence pupils.
- Plan Raíz now covers about 162,000 first- through third-graders with common materials, teacher training and external validation using audio recordings scored by university evaluators, but officials stress the data are a short-term 'photo' and that sustained work is still needed for remaining students.