Bulgaria, a country that transforms gifted mathematics students into people who are functionally illiterate

Thursday, Jan 23, 2025

Mediapool

Bulgarian math top students decline later; high international scores contrast with low general school levels.

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A study by Mediapool investigates a discrepancy in Bulgarian education where top math students in the fourth grade sometimes become functionally illiterate high schoolers, despite Bulgaria ranking highly among international mathematical competitions according to TIMSS, which placed Bulgarian fourth-graders 14th globally in mathematics and natural sciences.

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