Latin America and the Caribbean in PISA 2015: Basic Facts about PISA

Date
Dec 2016
PISA is the principal international test that currently exists to measure and compare knowledge and skills of young people in the education system. In the 2015 edition, 72 countries and economies participated in the test.10 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean participated: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad andTobago, and Uruguay. Additionally, results can be observed for 5 cities in the region: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina) Bogotá (Colombia), Medellín (Colombia), Manizales (Colombia) and Cali (Colombia).