Abstract

The article aims to contribute to the analysis and reflection on the practical effects of generic reading skills acquired by 15-year-old students in Mexico. This is a documentary review of the PISA 2000/2009/2018 tests in reading from a hermeneutical point of view, which has the objective of identifying the level of complexity of the operations that Mexican students on average have been more likely to execute when faced with a written text. By way of example, the answers collected in two units of the PISA test made available to the public after the 2009 cycle are analyzed in detail. Information is presented on the reading abilities of young people to locate and use the information contained in a text, as well as to interpret, reflect on, and criticize its content. Technical, methodological, and analytical elements are provided for the review of reading comprehension processes in the classroom.