Watch this TEDx talk and you will understand how international PISA test regimes have failed our children… the international rankings are not predictive of economic growth, they are (frankly) Accountabaloney.
There is only one correlation that is constant and linear: PISA test scores and economic status. “If we truly want to improve our children’s lives, we should fight poverty.”
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VFaN2p5RXY
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