The PISA implementing agency highlights El Salvador's improvement in the overall assessment

The OECD has released the official results of the PISA 2025 global evaluation, highlighting performance trends and improvements across several developing nations in Latin America. According to the data, El Salvador maintained and improved its science results while registering advances in reading and mathematics, as highlighted by Tanja Vujičić, manager of the PISA for Schools program.

Meanwhile, the Dominican Republic showed a long-term improvement in science, reduced its proportion of low-performing students in that subject, and displayed favorable results in socioeconomic equity and teacher support. Despite these gains, the Dominican Republic's scores—361 in sciences, 346 in reading, and 339 in mathematics—still place it among the lower-performing systems globally, prompting comparative analysis with other lower-income countries.

In broader global findings presented by OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, the PISA evaluation revealed a negative correlation between student performance, particularly in reading comprehension, and excessive screen time spent on digital devices for entertainment purposes.