Sistema Uniforme de Mejora Académica

Sistema Uniforme de Mejora Académica (SUMA, "The Uniform System of Academic Improvement") is a privately developed system of formative evaluations and remedial assignments, developed for students in Mexico. The exams are intended to take place beginning in the last year of pre-school, and continue through primary school, secondary school, and the bachillerato (a phase of education between secondary school and university). As of 2007, the system had been implemented at private schools in 23 Mexican cities, covering a total of 100,000 students.

SUMA was developed by Ingeniat, as a private initiative to raise the academic level of basic and intermediate education through the continuous and constant monitoring of academic standards, identifying opportunities for each student to improve. The SUMA system also includes evaluations during the school year for all grades and remedial assignments to be assigned in accord with each student's needs. SUMA covers the most critical areas of the school curriculum; the use of the English and Spanish languages, reading for comprehension, and all areas of mathematics. The evaluations and assignments are intended to monitor the development of both factual knowledge and broader skills.