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PAES Regular 2023 submission process ended completely normally and with 88% attendance

January 16, 2024

According to preliminary data, more than 252 thousand applicants took at least one of the PAES Higher Education Access Tests for admission in 2024. In general terms, “it was a process that was developed in complete tranquility, which demonstrates the great work carried out jointly between the Undersecretary of Higher Education, DEMRE and all the application personnel who participate in the implementation of this test,” said the Undersecretary of Higher Education.

Decline in ATAR Scores Shakes Up University Entry Standards in NSW

January 15, 2024

In a marked shift in Australian education, 2023 has seen a noticeable dip in the University entry scores, or Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR), in several courses in New South Wales (NSW). This trend is particularly evident in degrees related to engineering, health science, and mathematics education.

Now even higher correspondence between final grades and results on Sweden national exams within IES

January 12, 2024

IES students show even greater agreement between the final grades and the results on the national exams in the subjects Swedish, Swedish as a second language, mathematics and English. This is evident from the results of the national examinations for grade nine for the academic year 2022/2023.

Release of 2023 Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level Examination Results and 2024 Joint Admissions Exercise

January 11, 2024

The results of the 2023 Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE O-Level) examination will be released.

Record Number of Private School Students Receive IB Results in Australia

January 09, 2024

The number of private school students receiving their International Baccalaureate (IB) final results has reached a record high. A staggering 739 students marked the culmination of their IB journey on Wednesday, demonstrating an impressive doubling in the candidature over the past decade.

66% of Brazilian students cannot read texts longer than 10 pages; in Chile, there are more than 100

January 08, 2024

Revealed this Wednesday (29), a study thoroughly analyzed microdata from Pisa 2018, an international exam taken by students aged 15 and 16. This analysis is the result of a collaboration between the Center for Research in Education, Interdisciplinarity and Evidence in Educational Debate (Iede) and the reading platform Árvore.

Court declares illegal minimum services imposed during the strike on final assessments

January 05, 2024

The Lisbon Court of Appeal, in a ruling approved on November 22nd, declared “illegal the minimum services imposed on strike for final summative assessments of years with final tests or exams (9th, 11th and 12th years ", has just revealed.

Portugal students demand better internet and the end of national exams

January 04, 2024

Dozens of students from Escola Artística Soares dos Reis, in Porto, joined together in a protest organized by the "Voz aos Estudantes" movement. The concentration was marked by demands for the improvement of conditions at that educational institution.

Sweden minister says students get too high grades in mathematics

January 04, 2024

Swedish students get higher and higher grades at the same time as the Pisa results show their knowledge is declining.

Sweden National tests become digital - students at Tingberg School in Kungsbacka among the first

January 03, 2024

About 60 schools are trying to write national tests digitally instead of on paper. This is how students at Tingberg School in Kungsbacka think it works - see when Lilla currently visits the class.

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