PISA: Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education

Reorganizing the school network to provide better facilities and new opportunities

Portugal's weak results in the 2000 PISA tests spotlighted major shortcomings in the nation's education system. In rural areas, many primary schools were small and isolated. In towns and cities, schools were often so crowded that they had to operate a double shift. Students, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, frequently had to repeat grades. Many eventually dropped out of school.
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- See more at: http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/oecd/portugal.html#sthash.7tnncK7a.dpuf