In 2010, slightly more than half of high school students flunked the math portion of standardized tests, while more than a third flunked Spanish in Mexico

Mexican students scored the lowest reading levels of developed countries in the most recent survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In addition, 75% of Mexican teachers-in-training failed the exam that would have placed them in a job, and only 1% of working teachers passed a test that would have raised their salaries.