This strange new test called PISA, which stood for the Program for International Student Assessment. Instead of a typical test question, which might ask which combination of coins you needed to buy something, PISA asked you to design your own coins, right there in the test booklet.

Amanda Ripley
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The Program for International Student Assessment is a test used by the OECD to measure student achievement in mathematics and science among 15-year-olds throughout the world. It is used as the basis for the PISA league tables, which rank countries according to how well their students perform on standardized tests. PISA has now become international standardised testing.

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