The report points out that socioeconomic status continues to have a strong impact on the results, especially mathematics, with students from poorer families (with school social support) to have much lower grades than children who are not beneficiaries). .
The results of 9th grade students in the Portuguese National Test held last year descended slightly, but the grades rose to mathematics, according to official data that warn of the difficulties felt by the poorest children.
In 2024, 188.201 proofs were held to Portuguese and Mathematics: Portuguese the average was 3 values (on a scale from zero to five) while mathematics, the average classification was 2.8 values, reveals a report released, this Thursday, for which shows a slight Portuguese descent and a slight climb to mathematics.
Last year, only half of the students had positive mathematics, while Portuguese the percentage of positives was 76%, with girls to have better performances to both subjects.
Students of poorer families have much lower grades
The report points out that socioeconomic status continues to have a strong impact on the results, especially mathematics, with students from poorer families (with school social support) to have much lower grades than children who are not beneficiaries). .
Successful cases have increased, but there are much more cases among young people from more favored families, according to the “Successful Direct Direction” indicator, which shows the percentage of students who have a path without retention throughout the 3rd cycle and obtain positive in the final events of the 9th grade.
At national level, in the 2021/22 school year, one in three students (34%) managed to take the route without retaining and, the following year, the percentage rose to 36%, making it easier to find success cases among students From schools in Coimbra, Braga, Viseu and Viana do Castelo, all districts with percentages over 41%.
By opposition, the southernmost districts, especially Portalegre and Beja, were the ones who had the lowest proportion of students with direct direct pathways (26 and 25%, respectively), says the report.
Comparing students from more needy and privileged families, “very sharp differences” are noted: if 41% of non-beneficiary students have been able to make a successful route, the percentage goes down to 24% for the beneficiaries of echelon B and 13 % for echelon students A.
