What will the anticipated mathematics test look like for 1st grade students?re will pass in June 2026? No one knows yet. Contents and coefficient must be “defined in spring”according to those close to the Minister of National Education, Anne Genetet.
Gabriel Attal had announced the holding of such an event during his visit to Rue de Grenelle, in December 2023. Mme Genetet confirmed this, Tuesday November 12, in order to mark “a renewed requirement for the future citizens of the 21ste century “ and“offer a common scientific and mathematical culture”.
If the principle of this test is little contested, its implementation seems perilous to educational stakeholders, as the mechanics of the baccalaureate are complex and the balances are fragile. Especially since no working group with the trade union organizations has met to reflect on the change announced at the end of 2023 with this new anticipated test. The “new ferry”, launched in 2018 by Jean-Michel Blanquer, is unable to find its cruising speed. Since 2020, the 2025 session is the only one not to have seen the slightest change in content.
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Anne Genetet sees in this new mathematics exam the opportunity to“evaluate in the same way” in 1st gradere “our two fundamentals: mathematics and French”. Only problem: teaching mathematics in 1st gradere does not take place at all in the same way as that of French, which is really common to all for four hours a week. In mathematics, 65% of students in 1re opt for specialty teaching and its four hours per week. Since September 2023, the others have had an hour and a half in their schedule for this discipline.
“Reopen Pandora’s Box”
“We are not opposed to this ordeal, which could mark the true end of compulsory education, but there is a question of equality which arises in the current configuration”underlines Claire Piolti-Lamorthe, president of the Association of Public Education Mathematics Teachers (Apmep).
Faced with this difficulty, the ministry is now moving towards two tests, one for non-specialists, based on common core teaching, and one for specialists, focused on specialty teaching, according to the entourage of Anne Genetet. The scientific teaching of the common core must, for its part, “stay in continuous control”.
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