When it comes to educating children, it seems like the governments of the world have only one thing on their collective mind: how high do they score on tests? Since the “no child left behind” policy was enacted by the Bush administration, testing that was largely used to chart trends in education has now become a benchmark to see which schools are worthy to receive federal funds (and which are apparently failing to pull their weight). Internationally, the problem is even worse. The Organization for Co-operation and Development (OECD), a group that promotes economic development in democratic countries and a growth in world trade, conducts a survey every three years known as PISA (the Programme for International Student Assessment) that tests up to 10,000 students in participating countries in subjects such as math, reading, and the regular standardized topics. They then publish the results, ranking the level at which each country performs.