Every three years, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducts its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). PISA is a set of tests that measures 15-year-olds? performance in mathematics, science and reading.

The National Center for Education Statistics summarized the findings in “Highlights From PISA 2006” (nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008016.pdf). American students ranked 33rd among industrialized countries in math literacy, and in science literacy, they ranked 27th. Reading literacy was not reported for the U.S. because of an error in the test instruction booklets.

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