Editing Spain (section)

=== Education ===
{{Main|Education in Spain}}
[[File:University of Salamanca Fray Luis de Leon edited.jpg|thumb|[[University of Salamanca]], one of the first European universities]]
State education in Spain is free and compulsory from the age of six to sixteen. The current education system is regulated by the 2006 educational law, LOE (''Ley Orgánica de Educación''), or Fundamental Law for the Education.<ref name=LOE_juridicas>[http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/lo2-2006.html ''La Ley Orgánica 2/2006''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525013507/http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/lo2-2006.html|date=25 May 2011 }}. Retrieved 23 September 2009</ref> In 2014, the LOE was partially modified by the newer and controversial LOMCE law (''Ley Orgánica para la Mejora de la Calidad Educativa''), or Fundamental Law for the Improvement of the Education System, commonly called ''Ley Wert'' (Wert Law).<ref name=LOMCE_juridicas>[http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/517990-lo-8-2013-de-9-dic-para-la-mejora-de-la-calidad-educativa.html ''Ley Orgánica 8/2013''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212202355/http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/517990-lo-8-2013-de-9-dic-para-la-mejora-de-la-calidad-educativa.html|date=12 February 2015 }}. Retrieved 9 December 2013</ref> Since 1970 to 2014, Spain has had seven different educational laws (LGE, LOECE, LODE, LOGSE, LOPEG, LOE and LOMCE).<ref>[http://www.teinteresa.es/educa/siete-leyes-educativas-franco-wert-zapatero-aznar-ucd-psoe-pp_0_1007900025.html ''De la LGE a la LOMCE: Así son las siete leyes educativas españolas de la democracia''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212211059/http://www.teinteresa.es/educa/siete-leyes-educativas-franco-wert-zapatero-aznar-ucd-psoe-pp_0_1007900025.html|date=12 February 2015 }}. teinteresa.es</ref>

The levels of education are preschool education, primary education,<ref>{{cite web|title=Educación Primaria │Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional|url=http://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/contenidos/estudiantes/educacion-primaria.html|access-date=26 November 2020|language=es|archive-date=5 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105082455/http://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/contenidos/estudiantes/educacion-primaria.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> secondary education<ref>{{cite web|title=Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO)│Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional|url=http://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/contenidos/estudiantes/educacion-secundaria.html|access-date=26 November 2020|language=es|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116053618/https://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/contenidos/estudiantes/educacion-secundaria.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and post-16 education.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bachillerato│Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional|url=https://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/contenidos/estudiantes/bachillerato.html|access-date=26 November 2020|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126220810/https://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/contenidos/estudiantes/bachillerato.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In regards to the professional development education or the vocational education, there are three levels besides the university degrees: the ''Formación Profesional Básica'' (basic vocational education); the ''Ciclo Formativo de Grado Medio'' or ''CFGM'' (medium level vocation education) which can be studied after studying the secondary education, and the ''Ciclo Formativo de Grado Superior'' or ''CFGS'' (higher level vocational education), which can be studied after studying the post-16 education level.<ref>{{cite web|title=La Formación Profesional actual en el sistema educativo – TodoFP│Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional|url=https://www.todofp.es/sobre-fp/informacion-general/sistema-educativo-fp/fp-actual.html|access-date=26 November 2020|language=es|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031234851/https://www.todofp.es/sobre-fp/informacion-general/sistema-educativo-fp/fp-actual.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Programme for International Student Assessment]] (PISA) coordinated by the [[OECD]] currently ranks the overall knowledge and skills of Spanish 15-year-olds as significantly below the OECD average of 493 in reading literacy, mathematics, and science.<ref>{{cite web|title=Compare your country - PISA 2018|url=https://www2.compareyourcountry.org/pisa/country/ESP?lg=en|access-date=29 September 2021|website=www2.compareyourcountry.org|language=en|archive-date=27 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927232854/https://www2.compareyourcountry.org/pisa/country/ESP?lg=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA): Spain|url=https://www.oecd.org/pisa/publications/PISA2018_CN_ESP.pdf|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=29 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929211954/https://www.oecd.org/pisa/publications/PISA2018_CN_ESP.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>