Colombia country note: results from PISA 2015

While Colombia performs below the OECD average in science, its mean performance increased 28 score points since 2006, the second largest improvement among the 52 education systems with comparable data. Students in Colombia score 425 points in reading, on average – below the OECD average and the mean score in Chile (459 points), comparable with that of Mexico, and above the mean score of Brazil (407 points) and Peru (398 points). Students in Colombia score 390 points in mathematics, on average – below the OECD average, and the mean score of Chile (423 points) and Mexico (408 points), comparable with that of Peru, and above the mean score of Brazil (377 points).