Latin America, US perform lousy on student math tests

The results of the new international PISA tests of 15-year-old students should be ringing alarm bells throughout Latin America: they show that 63 per cent of Latin American students lack basic skills in math, and in some countries that figure is as high as 91 per cent.

The figures are a strong reminder that education should become the number one issue in Latin America’s political agenda. In an innovation-driven global economy in which math,